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Placogyra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Placogyra was named by Koby (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 820]. Its type is Placogyra felixi.

It was assigned to Rhipidogyridae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aplosmiliidae by Baron-Szabo (2021), Lathuilière (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Placogyra Koby
1937Kologyra Wells
1956Placogyra Wells
1991Kologyra Lauxmann
2002Kologyra Sepkoski
2002Placogyra Sepkoski
2003Kologyra Pandey and Fürsich
2021Placogyra Baron-Szabo
2024Placogyra Lathuilière

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAplosmiliidaeFromentel 1861
genusPlacogyraKoby 1904

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. †Placogyra Koby 1904
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†Placogyra aldingeri Geyer 1955
†Placogyra brevimaeandra Sikharulidze 1979
†Placogyra elegans Eliasova 1973
†Placogyra felixi Koby 1904
†Placogyra hykeli Eliasova 1973
†Placogyra kuehni Geyer 1955
†Placogyra parelegans Sikharulidze 1979
Invalid names: Kologyra Wells 1937 [synonym]
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 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Albian or 157.90000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Kologyra aldingeri (41422)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom P. felixi (161874)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Montenegro P. felixi (85906)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Kologyra aldingeri (68590)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Ogilvinella elegans (68594)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Kologyra sp., P. sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Kologyra jurassica (34398)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland P. hykeli (133384) P. sp. (151552)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Bulgaria (Pernik) P. hykeli (87066)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Kologyra kuehni, P. hykeli (36533)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Bulgaria P. sp. (151494)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Spain P. hykeli (220703)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Ogilvinella elegans (87074 87076 87080 87082) P. hykeli (87075 87083)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Xizang) Ogilvinella parelegans (74258)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Georgia Ogilvinella parelegans, P. brevimaeandra (85430) P. felixi (85425)