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Dichocoenia anomalos

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Favioseris anomalos was named by Wells (1934). It is not extant. Its type locality is Catadupa, "Catadupa Beds", which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in the "Catadupa Beds" Formation of Jamaica. It is the type species of Favioseris.

It was recombined as Ovalastrea anomalos by Löser (2000); it was recombined as Dichocoenia anomalos by Baron-Szabo (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Favioseris anomalos Wells
2000Ovalastrea anomalos Löser
2002Dichocoenia anomalos Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusDichocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesanomalos()

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.

Dichocoenia anomalos Wells 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) Favioseris anomalos (type locality: 88337)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Dichocoenia anomalos (27649)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) Ovalastrea anomalos (163029)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico Favioseris anomalos (145214)