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Goniocora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Goniocora was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale J Tith Sepkoski's reference number: 2,682]. Its type is Lithodendron sociale.

It was assigned to Montastreinae by Wells (1956); to Stylinidae by Beauvais (1986); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Goniocora Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Goniocora Wells
1986Goniocora Beauvais
2002Goniocora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusGoniocoraMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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. †Goniocora Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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†Goniocora aggregata Koby 1886
†Goniocora annulata Roniewicz 1966
†Goniocora cartieri Koby 1886
†Goniocora crassa Étallon 1859
†Goniocora dubia Koby 1886
†Goniocora elongata Étallon 1859
†Goniocora furcata Koby 1886
†Goniocora gemmata de Fromentel 1861
†Goniocora gracilis Koby 1886
†Goniocora haimei de Fromentel 1861
†Goniocora kimmeridgiensis de Fromentel 1861
†Goniocora magna Koby 1886
†Goniocora pumila Quenstedt 1852
†Goniocora socialis Roemer 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Barremian or 192.90000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco G. concinna (33573)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain (Murcia) G. concinna (38080)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) G. sp. (42319)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) G. socialis (24050)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Goniocora indet. (13662 13668)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland G. sp. (22735)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany G. pumila, G. socialis (31433)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) G. socialis (31435)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Japan (Fukushima) G. sp. (85574)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia G. sp. (68202 68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) G. pumila (94658) G. socialis (23919)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Stylosmilia pumila (35190 35191 35198)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom G. socialis (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) G. pumila, G. socialis (23910) G. socialis (23909 23918 23923 23924)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany G. socialis (21257)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Portugal G. pumila (68611)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland G. annulata (68366 68373) G. pumila (68381)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Morocco (Souss-Massa-Draa) G. sp. (85542)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal G. pumila, G. socialis (68590) G. socialis (68610 68614)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) G. pumila (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia G. pumila (90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia G. annulata (68646) G. pumila (68654 68679 68684)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland G. annulata (68369) G. pumila (68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal G. pumila, G. socialis (68586) G. socialis (34662 68599)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal G. pumila (68809 68817) G. socialis (68784 68785) G. sp. (68207)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) G. pumila (68220)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany (Lower Saxony) G. dichotoma (23929)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) G. socialis (85809)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) G. pumila (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) G. octonaria, G. socialis (31549)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Stylosmilia pumila (154046)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Spain G. socialis (69197)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia G. pumila, G. socialis (36533)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico (Puebla) G. sp. (89865)