417 / Mesozoic
Solenopora
Solenopora jurassica
Pink calcified masses were long assigned to red algae, but their identity is being reassessed.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 170 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Jurassic
- Geographic range
- Shallow carbonate surfaces · Europe
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Solenopora?
Solenopora (Solenopora jurassica) was an extinct organism known from About 170 million years ago, with a range in Shallow carbonate surfaces · Europe.
Life and ecology
They formed crusts and branching lumps that stabilized sunlit sediment.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Solenopora disappear?
Jurassic marine turnover is possible context; why this form species disappears from the record is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Solenopora?
Thin sections preserve tube-like cellular fabric, though some named material may combine different organisms.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS