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Psammogyra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Psammogyra was named by Fromentel (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 838].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Psammogyra Fromentel
1956Psammogyra Wells
2002Psammogyra Sepkoski
2021Psammogyra Baron-Szabo
2024Psammogyra Lathuilière

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAplosmiliidaeFromentel 1861
genusPsammogyraFromentel 1862

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. †Psammogyra Fromentel 1862
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Psammogyra caudata Étallon 1859
Psammogyra choffati Koby 1881
Psammogyra deluci Defrance 1823
Psammogyra minuta Eliasova 1973
Psammogyra petitclerci Beauvais 1964
Psammogyra priva Sikharulidze 1979
Psammogyra valfinensis Beauvais 1964
Psammogyra voltzi Koby 1904
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 (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Portugal P. choffati (68611)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal P. choffati (68590) P. sp. (68620)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Morocco (Souss-Massa-Draa) P. sp. (85540 85541)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation Pachygyra choffati (90020)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal P. choffati (68594) P. voltzi (34660)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal P. choffati (68785)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France P. choffati, P. caudata, P. petitclerci, P. valfinensis (68510)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal P. sp. (25327)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany P. sp. (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy P. valfinensis (154046)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Italy P. sp. (196864)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia P. minuta (36533)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Georgia P. priva (85425)