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Nefocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Nefocoenia was named by Oppenheim (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: K u].

It was assigned to Faviinae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Nefocoenia Oppenheim
1952Hemiporites Alloiteau
1956Nefocoenia Wells
2002Hemiporites Sepkoski
2002Nefocoenia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusNefocoeniaOppenheim 1930

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. †Nefocoenia Oppenheim 1930
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Nefocoenia favosites Oppenheim 1930
Invalid names: Hemiporites 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 12:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 119.57000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Uzbekistan Hemiporites jacobi (85420)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) N. favosites (91326)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Pakistan N. sp. (146037)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria N. edelbachensis (24266)