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Placophyllia rugosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae

Taxonomy
Placophyllia rugosa was named by Becker (1875). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Stylosmilia rugosa by Ogilvie (1897); it was recombined as Pleurophyllia rugosa by Geyer (1955); it was synonymized subjectively with Placophyllia dianthus by Kolodziej (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Placophyllia rugosa Becker
1897Stylosmilia rugosa Ogilvie
1955Pleurophyllia rugosa Geyer
2008Placophyllia rugosa Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyPlacophylliidae
genusPlacophyllia
speciesrugosaBecker 1875

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.

Placophyllia rugosa Becker 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia Placophyllia rugosa (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Placophyllia rugosa (68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Stylosmilia rugosa (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Placophyllia rugosa (68686 68690 68694 68700 68701)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Stylosmilia rugosa (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Stylosmilia rugosa (90000)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation Stylosmilia rugosa (90020)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Placophyllia rugosa (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Placophyllia rugosa (68599)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Bulgaria (Pernik) Placophyllia rugosa (87061)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) Placophyllia rugosa (85809)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Placophyllia rugosa (23904)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Placophyllia rugosa (31285)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Placophyllia rugosa (62219 68783)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Bulgaria (Pernik) Placophyllia rugosa (87066)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Pleurophyllia rugosa (36533 36538)