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Porites%20capricornis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusPoritesLink 1807

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (1367 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Jamaica Porites reussiana (88335)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy Porites sp. (24269)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Porites superposita (11289)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (France) Porites sp. (80834)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Porites sp. (76990 77117)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Papua New Guinea Porites deshayesana, Porites sp. (70667)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Cataluna) Porites sp. (76987)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Italy Porites sp. (146598)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Porites sp. (34480 34481 34483)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan (Sind) Porites indica, Porites pellegrinii (11290)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Porites lobata, Porites compressa (97453) Porites sp., Porites compressa (97451) Porites sp., Porites lobata, Porites compressa (97452)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Porites sp. (166462 166487 166488 166489 166491 166492 166493 166494 166495 166498 167465 167487)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Porites sp. (76319)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Porites sp. (97429 97431 97433 97434 97435 97436 97437 97438)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Maldives Porites sp. (96927 209813 209814 209815 209816 209817)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Fiji Porites lutea, Porites lobata, Porites sp. (97478) Porites sp. (97477)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Israel Porites sp. (97662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Costa Rica Porites lobata (97519 97522)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur) Porites sp. (97534)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand (Phuket) Porites lutea (97529)