Paleofavosites specimens link internal corallite architecture with external colony growth in one sampled tabulate genus; this does not generalize that growth pattern to every Tabulata lineage or define their range.
claim:taxon:tabulataTabulata
Paleofavosites specimens link internal corallite architecture with external colony growth in one sampled tabulate genus; this does not generalize that growth pattern to every Tabulata lineage or define their range. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range486.85–251.9 Ma
Content packagesponges-cnidarians
PBDBNot linked
Evidence boundary
Automated checks cover structure, identifiers, translations and links only; maintainer and external expert review are not complete.
Claim ledger
Tabulata is displayed at 486.85–251.9 Ma as Oliver’s review-bounded Early Ordovician–end-Permian fossil record; the numerical conversion is not a specimen-level FAD/LAD or a claim of uninterrupted global occupancy.
claim:taxon:tabulata:range-boundary-rc50Known limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
- PBDB external identifier withheld: accepted-rank-mismatch.
References
- Origins and relationships of Paleozoic coral groups and the origin of the ScleractiniaOliver, W.A., Jr. · 1996 · DOI 10.1017/S1089332600000073
- International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2026/06Cohen, K.M.; Harper, D.A.T.; Gibbard, P.L.; Car, N. · 2026 · DOI 10.18814/epiiugs/2025/025001
- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Relationships between internal and external morphology in Paleofavosites (Tabulata): the unity of growth and growth formYoung, G.A.; Elias, R.J. · 1999 · DOI 10.1017/S0022336000032418