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Progyrosmilia vacua

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Coelocoenia vacua was named by Gerth (1923). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kabasian River, Borneo, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Progyrosmilia vacua by Umbgrove (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Coelocoenia vacua Gerth
1939Progyrosmilia vacua Umbgrove

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusProgyrosmiliaWells 1937
speciesvacua()

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.

Progyrosmilia vacua Gerth 1923
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Iran Progyrosmilia vacua (25254)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) Coelocoenia vacua (62859)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia Coelocoenia vacua (type locality: 108810) Progyrosmilia vacua (109170)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Coelocoenia vacua (108813 108814 109128)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Taiwan Coelocoenia vacua (63134)