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Oculininae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Oculininae Gray
2006Oculininae Baron-Szabo p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyOculininaeGray 1847
subfamilyOculininaeGray 1847

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.

Subfm. †Oculininae Gray 1847
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G. Cyathelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Cyathohelia axillaris Ellis and Solander 1786
G. †Diblasus Lonsdale 1850
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†Diblasus grevensis Lonsdale 1850
G. †Diplhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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†Diplhelia complanata Gerth 1923
†Diplhelia moravica Quenstedt 1881
†Diplhelia quenstedti Chevalier 1961
Invalid names: Diplohelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 [objective synonym]
G. †Haplohelia Reuss 1864
G. Petrophyllia Conrad 1855
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†Petrophyllia clarki Vaughan 1927
†Petrophyllia dartoni Wells 1933
†Petrophyllia gardnerae Vaughan 1941
†Petrophyllia limonensis Vaughan 1919
Petrophyllia rediviva Wells and Alderslade 1979
†Petrophyllia remisovi Kuzmicheva 1987
†Petrophyllia vernonensis Vaughan 1941
†Petrophyllia weaveri Durham 1942
Invalid names: Archohelia Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-12-22 01:24:35
Modified: 2008-12-22 03:24:35
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 110.10000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 106.3 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3USA (Texas) Archohelia sp. (123308)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (139002)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Archohelia dartoni (53343)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (138964)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (23527)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Archohelia sp. (11117)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Archohelia clarki (91603)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Archohelia clarki (52433 207327)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Archohelia singleyi (77047)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Archohelia clarki (8012 51941)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Archohelia vernonensis (80166)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Archohelia gardnerae (81211 81224)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Archohelia gardnerae (80165)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Archohelia weaveri (52626)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Archohelia weaveri (91606 91607)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Archohelia gardnerae, Archohelia remisovi (77068)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Mississippi) Archohelia vicksburgensis (17071)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Archohelia vicksburgensis (66308 66310 66311 66313 66325 66328 66331 66332 66334 66335 66336 101194)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Archohelia sp. (91624)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Diplohelia moravica (163836)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) Archohelia vicksburgensis (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) Diplohelia malayica (62860)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia Diplohelia malayica (155986)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Diplohelia michelottii, Diplohelia compressa, Diplohelia moravica, Diplohelia quenstedti (70450)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Diplohelia reflexa (163838)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia Diplohelia moravica (88803)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Diplohelia complanata (109047)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333France Diplohelia parvistella (163847)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Archohelia limonensis (85449)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Cyathohelia axillaris (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Archohelia limonensis (71720 71721)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Archohelia limonensis (85455) Astrhelia limonensis (35031)