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Platygyra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Platygyra was named by Ehrenberg (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonyms
  • Coeloria was named by Edwards and Haime (1848).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Platygyra by Wells (1956).
  • Astroria was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Platygyra by Wells (1956).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Platygyra Ehrenberg
1848Coeloria Edwards and Haime p. 493
1848Astroria Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000Platygyra Veron p. 176
2002Platygyra Sepkoski
2005Platygyra López-Pérez p. 83
2014Platygyra Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPlatygyraEhrenberg 1834

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. Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834
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Platygyra acuta Veron 2000
†Platygyra colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
†Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi Matthai 1928
†Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786
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Invalid names: Platygyra astreiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
†Platygyra equisepta Gregory 1900
†Platygyra euaensis Hoffmeister 1932
Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834
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Invalid names: Oulophyllia angusta Gerth 1925 [synonym]
†Platygyra mareensis Chevalier 1968
†Platygyra naroetensis Gerth 1923
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
†Platygyra renemai Bromfield 2013
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Invalid names: Platygyra delicatula Ortmann 1888 [synonym]
†Platygyra stricta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Invalid names: Astroria Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym], Coeloria Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 59.24000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (304 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Egypt P. sp. (69637)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands P. sp. (45355)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Christmas Island Coeloria andrewsi (209833)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Coeloria wellsi (32907)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Coeloria colombiana (42829)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Pakistan Leptoria concentrica (11291)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Astroria peyrerensis (70067 163836)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran Leptoria concentrica (41075)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Somalia Leptoria concentrica (123805)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Indonesia (West Java) Coeloria singularis (123122)
Chattian - Burdigalian27.3 - 15.98Somalia Leptoria concentrica (71068)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Astroria irregularis (163837)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia P. sp. (86769)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia (South Kalimantan) Leptoria concentrica (109042)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan Coeloria sp. (155183)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia Coeloria naroetensis (109013) Coeloria singularis (81712) Coeloria sp. (108810 109126)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Astroria irregularis (163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran P. daedalea (25257)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran (Kerman) Leptoria concentrica (87117)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Sind) Leptoria concentrica (11292)