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Pleurophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Pleurophyllia was named by Fromentel (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo K Apti-l Sepkoski's reference number: 840]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Roniewicz (1976); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pleurophyllia Fromentel
1976Pleurophyllia Roniewicz
2002Pleurophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusPleurophylliaFromentel 1856

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. †Pleurophyllia Fromentel 1856
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†Pleurophyllia cara Eliasova 1975
†Pleurophyllia microsa Baron-Szabo 2003
†Pleurophyllia minuscula Roniewicz 1976
†Pleurophyllia tobleri Koby 1895
†Pleurophyllia trichotoma de Fromentel 1856
†Pleurophyllia vesiculosa Eliasova 1975
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 Cenomanian or 157.90000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France P. sp. (220894 220895)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Portugal P. trichotoma (68611)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania P. trichotoma (35191)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Georgia P. trichotoma (85930)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Turkmenistan P. trichotoma (85949)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal P. trichotoma (68588)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania P. cara (35201) P. minuscula (35200)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal P. trichotoma (68586)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland P. trichotoma (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain P. minuscula (34624)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal P. cara (68607)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy P. cara (154046)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia P. cara (31285)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland P. trichotoma (151551) P. trichotoma, P. cara (151546) P. vesiculosa (151552)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia P. trichotoma, P. cara (62219 62220)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia P. trichotoma, P. cara, P. vesiculosa (36533)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Switzerland Rhabdophyllia schmidti, Cladophyllia tobleri (77005)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria P. schmidti, P. tobleri (192223)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) P. cara (87074 87080 87085)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) P. tobleri (233521)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Bulgaria P. bulgarica, P. sp. (151443)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany P. sp. (25535) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, P. minuscula (221477)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) P. microsa (35101)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Georgia P. trichotoma (85425)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Mexico P. trichotoma (21255)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cladophyllia tobleri (94265)