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Diplogyra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Diplogyra was named by Eguchi (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: K l]. Its type is Diplogyra lamellosa.

It was assigned to Stylininae by Wells (1956); to Montlivaltiidae by Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Baron-Szabo (2021).

Species
D. arasensis, D. lamellosa (type species), D. minima, D. subplanotabulata
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. calzadai, D. casanovai, D. lamellosa, D. turnsekae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Diplogyra Eguchi
1956Diplogyra Wells
1997Diplogyra Turnsek
2002Diplogyra Sepkoski
2021Diplogyra Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDiplogyraEguchi 1936

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. †Diplogyra Eguchi 1936
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†Diplogyra arasensis Alloiteau 1946
†Diplogyra lamellosa Eguchi 1936
†Diplogyra minima Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997
†Diplogyra subplanotabulata Sikharulidze 1985
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 20:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 125.77000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Georgia D. subplanotabulata (67512)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Austria D. subplanotabulata (221476)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain D. sp. (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain D. minima (132377) D. sp. (132349) D. turnsekae (82694)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain (Murcia) D. casanovai (154982 154983) D. casanovai, D. sp., D. arasensis (154981)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Japan (Iwate) D. lamellosa (91330)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France D. calzadai, D. casanovai, D. arasensis (277917)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece Eugyra arasensis, D. minima (74811)