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Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Aplosmilia tolmachoffana was named by Wells (1932). Its type locality is Cranes Mill, Arctica roemeri beds, which is in an Albian shallow subtidal limestone in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana by Wells (1944); it was recombined as Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Aplosmilia tolmachoffana Wells
1944Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana Wells
2009Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPhacellocoeniaAlloiteau and Tissier 1858
speciestolmachoffana()

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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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 125.77000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Venezuela Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (90535 90540)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Trinidad and Tobago Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (25539)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Albian121.4 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (79470 79476)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Venezuela (State of Sucre) Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (78595)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Aplosmilia tolmachoffana (74763 type locality: 74765)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Mexico (Guerrero) Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (89857 89858)