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Placocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Placocoenia was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 86,691]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Placocoeniidae by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Placocoenia d'Orbigny
2002Placocoenia Sepkoski
2006Placocoenia Baron-Szabo p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPlacocoeniidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusPlacocoeniad'Orbigny 1849

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. †Placocoenia d'Orbigny 1849
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†Placocoenia heimi Koby 1895
†Placocoenia macrophthalma Goldfuss 1826
†Placocoenia major Felix 1903
†Placocoenia ohinataensis Eguchi 1951
†Placocoenia perroni de Fromentel 1861
†Placocoenia robusta Oppenheim 1930
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 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Miocene or 139.10000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Switzerland Phyllocoenia heimi (77005)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Switzerland P. heimi (192216)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Mexico (Durango) P. sp. (76917)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Chile (Coquimbo) P. neuquensis (221558 221738)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Chile (Coquimbo) P. neuquensis (221556)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Jamaica (Saint Catherine) P. sp. (89647)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan P. ohinataensis (55537)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan (Nagano) P. ohinataensis (91351)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece P. major (34719)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) P. hideshimaensis (91328) P. tanohataensis (91282)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian119.57 - 100.5Iran P. robusta (31651)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece P. sp. (203927)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Azerbaijan (Qubadli) P. multiseptata (86683)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria P. major (24265) P. turonensis (24266)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria (Styria) P. major (25479)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Serbia P. microcalix (79226)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Somalia P. sp. (74507)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands P. macrophthalma (138910)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) P. macrophthalma (85271 85272 85273 138726)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico P. major (38870 138913)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Iran P. sp. (241378)