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Dictuophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy

Dictuophyllia was named by Blainville (1830).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Baron-Szabo (2002); to Faviidae by Baron-Szabo (2006); and to Merulinidae by Kiessling (2021).

Species

D. batalleri, D. collignoni, D. conferticostata, D. incerta, D. konincki, D. pirotensis, D. radiata, D. reticulata (syn. Pachygyra vallcebri)

Species lacking formal opinion data

D. hydnophoroidea

Synonyms

Meandroria was named by Alloiteau (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo K Maes]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictuophyllia by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Dendrogyriidae by Fischer (1969) and Turnsek (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1830	Dictuophyllia Blainville
1952	Meandroria Alloiteau
1969	Meandroria Fischer
1997	Meandroria Turnsek
2002	Dictuophyllia Baron-Szabo
2006	Dictuophyllia Baron-Szabo p. 31
2021	Dictuophyllia Kiessling

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Merulinidae	Verrill 1866
genus	Dictuophyllia	Blainville 1830

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.

G. †Dictuophyllia Blainville 1830

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†Dictuophyllia batalleri Reig Oriol 1987

†Dictuophyllia collignoni Alloiteau 1958

†Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899

†Dictuophyllia incerta Fischer 1969

†Dictuophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849

†Dictuophyllia pirotensis Toula 1884

†Dictuophyllia radiata Michelin 1847

†Dictuophyllia reticulata Goldfuss 1826

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Invalid names: Pachygyra vallcebri Vidal 1921 [synonym]

Invalid names: Meandroria Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]

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: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Rupelian or 145.00000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (47 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian	145.0 - 132.9	China (Xizang)	D. collignoni (74251)
Berriasian - Barremian	145.0 - 125.0	China (Xizang)	D. collignoni (74282)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian	129.4 - 122.46	Serbia and Montenegro	Meandroria pirotensis (74795 74798)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	China (Xizang)	D. collignoni (74262)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Madagascar (Antsiranana)	D. collignoni (86507)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Austria	D. radiata (74895)
Santonian - Campanian	86.3 - 72.1	Slovakia	Leptoria konincki (88191)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Spain (Cataluna)	Pachygyra vallcebri (88325)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Jamaica (Clarendon)	Diploria conferticostata (88333)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Spain	D. sp., D. radiata (31572)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Serbia and Montenegro	Meandroria konincki (79226)
Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Jamaica (St. James Parish)	Diploria conferticostata (88337)
Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	China (Xizang)	Meandroria patellaris (74285)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Bulgaria	Meandroria radiata, Meandroria pyrenaica, Meandroria dumortieri (67576) Meandroria radiata, Meandroria senessei, Meandroria breznikensis, Meandroria garloensis (67575)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon)	Leptoria conferticostata (161333 161334 161352)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon Parish)	Leptoria conferticostata (163010 163012 163013 163029 163057 163058 163079)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica	D. conferticostata (27647 27650 27651 27652 27658)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Mexico	D. conferticostata (38869 38870 74810 138913)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Jamaica	D. conferticostata (27645 27646 27648)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Netherlands (Limburg)	Leptoria reticulata (85267 85271 85272 85273)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Jamaica	D. conferticostata (27649)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Puerto Rico	D. conferticostata (87547)
Paleocene - Ypresian	66.0 - 47.8	Slovakia (Trencin region)	Leptoria konincki (237457)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.6 - 56.0	Pakistan (Sind)	D. hydnophoroidea (11289)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	India	D. sp. (34484)