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Placophylliidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae

Taxonomy
Placophylliidae was named by Eliasova (1990). Its type is Placophyllia.

It was assigned to Rhipidogyrina by Morycowa and Misik (2005).

Subtaxa
Diplocoeniella, Placophyllia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Placophylliidae Eliasova
2005Placophylliidae Morycowa and Misik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyPlacophylliidaeEliasova 1990
familyPlacophylliidaeEliasova 1990

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.

Fm. †Placophylliidae Eliasova 1990
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G. †Diplocoeniella Morycowa 1997
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†Diplocoeniella gerochi Morycowa 1997
G. †Placophyllia d'Orbigny 1848
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Priabonian or 201.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 190.8 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Tajikistan Placophyllia sp. (151314)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) Placophyllia amnica (234062)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Slovakia Placophyllia dianthus (60237)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Madagascar (Toliara) Placophyllia mikaikarivensis (86420)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Germany Lithodendron dianthus (161875)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Mexico (Chihuahua) Placophyllia chihuahuensis (11287)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Indonesia Placophyllia rugosa, Placophyllia dianthus (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Placophyllia rugosa (68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Stylosmilia rugosa (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Placophyllia rugosa (68686 68690 68694 68700 68701)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation Stylosmilia rugosa (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Stylosmilia rugosa (90000)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia (South Ossetia) Stylosmilia rugosa (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Placophyllia minima (68588)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Lower Saxony) Placophyllia minima (23929)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Placophyllia minima (6011 6013 67941 67958)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) Placophyllia rugosa (85809)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Bulgaria (Pernik) Placophyllia rugosa (87061)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Placophyllia dianthus, Placophyllia minima, Placophyllia crassa (34662) Placophyllia minima (67903 67904 67905 67906 67910 67934 67935) Placophyllia rugosa (68599) Placophyllia sp. (67957)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Placophyllia rugosa (68369 68370)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Placophyllia sp. (211294)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Placophyllia rugosa (68783) Placophyllia rugosa, Placophyllia blastemon, Placophyllia dianthus (62219)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Bulgaria (Pernik) Placophyllia rugosa (87066)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Placophyllia florosa (154046)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Placophyllia dianthus (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Placophyllia dianthus (23903 34398) Placophyllia rugosa, Placophyllia dianthus (23904)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Pleurophyllia rugosa (36538) Pleurophyllia rugosa, Placophyllia blastemon, Placophyllia dianthus, Placophyllia florosa (36533)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Placophyllia rugosa (31285)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Placophyllia dianthus (192209 192211 192222)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine (Crimea) Placophyllia grata (22962)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) Placophyllia blastemon (87080)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Placophyllia dianthus, Placophyllia florosa (233521)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary Placophyllia curvata (25151)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland Placophyllia dianthus (151580)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Turkmenistan (Turkoman Republic) Placophyllia curvata (2263)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Diplocoeniella gerochi, Diplocoenia stellata (67122 67123)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Mexico Placophyllia bandeli (21253)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro Placophyllia curvata (74799)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Slovenia Placophyllia curvata (68728)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain Placophyllia curvata (74894)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Placophyllia grata (221477)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Mexico Placophyllia bandeli (21255)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Placophyllia curvata (24268)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Placophyllia bandeli, Placophyllia curvata (67084)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Libya Placophyllia bartai (42136)