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Petrophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Petrophyllia was named by Conrad (1855). It is extant.

It was reranked as Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) by Conrad (1855).

It was assigned to Dendrophyllia by Conrad (1855); and to Oculininae by Cairns (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Petrophyllia Conrad
1855Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) Conrad p. 266
1919Archohelia Vaughan
1956Archohelia Wells
1999Archohelia Squires p. 13
2001Archohelia Squires p. 5
2002Archohelia Sepkoski
2008Petrophyllia Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyOculininaeGray 1847
genusPetrophylliaConrad 1855

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. Petrophyllia Conrad 1855
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†Petrophyllia clarki Vaughan 1927
†Petrophyllia dartoni Wells 1933
†Petrophyllia gardnerae Vaughan 1941
†Petrophyllia limonensis Vaughan 1919
Petrophyllia rediviva Wells and Alderslade 1979
†Petrophyllia remisovi Kuzmicheva 1987
†Petrophyllia vernonensis Vaughan 1941
†Petrophyllia weaveri Durham 1942
Invalid names: Archohelia Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-12-22 01:24:35
Modified: 2008-12-22 03:24:35
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Wells 1956, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 110.10000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 106.3 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3USA (Texas) Archohelia sp. (123308)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (139002)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Archohelia dartoni (53343)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (138964)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (23527)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Archohelia sp. (11117)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Archohelia clarki (91603)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Archohelia clarki (52433 207327)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Archohelia clarki (8012 51941)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Archohelia gardnerae (81211 81224)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Archohelia singleyi (77047)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Archohelia vernonensis (80166)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Archohelia gardnerae (80165)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Archohelia gardnerae, Archohelia remisovi (77068)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Archohelia weaveri (91606 91607)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Archohelia weaveri (52626)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Mississippi) Archohelia vicksburgensis (17071)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Archohelia vicksburgensis (66308 66310 66311 66313 66325 66328 66331 66332 66334 66335 66336 101194)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Archohelia sp. (91624)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) Archohelia vicksburgensis (44521)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Archohelia limonensis (85449)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Archohelia limonensis (71720 71721)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Archohelia limonensis (85455) Astrhelia limonensis (35031)