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Placophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae

Taxonomy
Placophyllia was named by D'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: J m K Apti-l Sepkoski's reference number: 819]. It is not extant. Its type is Lithodendron dianthus. It is the type genus of Placophylliidae.

It was assigned to Placosmiliidae by Roniewicz (1976), Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Placophylliidae by Morycowa and Misik (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Placophyllia D'Orbigny p. 8
1976Placophyllia Roniewicz
1997Placophyllia Turnsek
2002Placophyllia Sepkoski
2005Placophyllia Morycowa and Misik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyPlacophylliidae
genusPlacophyllia

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. †Placophyllia D'Orbigny 1849
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†Placophyllia amnica Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
†Placophyllia bandeli Baron-Szabo 1998
†Placophyllia blastemon Eliasova 1976
†Placophyllia crassa Koby 1904
†Placophyllia curvata Turnsek 1974
†Placophyllia dianthus Goldfuss 1826
†Placophyllia florosa Eliasova 1976
†Placophyllia grata Bugrova 1997
†Placophyllia mikaikarivensis Alloiteau 1958
†Placophyllia minima Geyer 1955
†Placophyllia rugosa Becker 1875
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 Hettangian to the top of the Priabonian or 201.40000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Tajikistan P. sp. (151314)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) P. amnica (234062)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia P. dianthus (60237)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toliara) P. mikaikarivensis (86420)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Lithodendron dianthus (161875)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Mexico (Chihuahua) P. chihuahuensis (11287)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia P. rugosa, P. dianthus (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland P. rugosa (68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal P. minima (68588)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Stylosmilia rugosa (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Stylosmilia rugosa (90000)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation Stylosmilia rugosa (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia P. rugosa (68686 68690 68694 68700 68701)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Stylosmilia rugosa (89995)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland P. rugosa (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal P. dianthus, P. minima, P. crassa (34662) P. minima (67903 67904 67905 67906 67910 67934 67935) P. rugosa (68599) P. sp. (67957)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal P. minima (6011 6013 67941 67958)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany (Lower Saxony) P. minima (23929)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Bulgaria (Pernik) P. rugosa (87061)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) P. rugosa (85809)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany P. sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. dianthus (23903 34398) P. rugosa, P. dianthus (23904)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy P. florosa (154046)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. dianthus (23887)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia P. rugosa (31285)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia P. rugosa (68783) P. rugosa, P. blastemon, P. dianthus (62219)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Bulgaria (Pernik) P. rugosa (87066)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Pleurophyllia rugosa (36538) Pleurophyllia rugosa, P. blastemon, P. dianthus, P. florosa (36533)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine (Crimea) P. grata (22962)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria P. dianthus (192209 192211 192222)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) P. blastemon (87080)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) P. dianthus, P. florosa (233521)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary P. curvata (25151)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland P. dianthus (151580)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Turkmenistan (Turkoman Republic) P. curvata (2263)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Mexico P. bandeli (21253)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia P. curvata (74799)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia P. curvata (68728)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany P. grata (221477)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain P. curvata (74894)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Mexico P. bandeli (21255)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria P. curvata (24268)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain P. bandeli, P. curvata (67084)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Libya P. bartai (42136)