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Pinacophyllidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pinacophyllidae

Taxonomy
Pinacophyllidae was named by Vaughan and Wells (1943). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archaeocoeniina by Stanley and jr and Whalen (1989).

Subtaxa
Cyathocoenia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Pinacophyllidae Vaughan and Wells
1989Pinacophyllidae Stanley, jr. and Whalen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderArchaeocoeniinaAlloiteau 1952
familyPinacophyllidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPinacophyllidaeVaughan and Wells 1943

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. †Pinacophyllidae Vaughan and Wells 1943
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G. †Cyathocoenia Duncan 1867
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†Cyathocoenia alpina Gümbel 1861
†Cyathocoenia dendroidea Duncan 1867
†Cyathocoenia minor Melnikova 1975
†Cyathocoenia parva Smith 1927
†Cyathocoenia squiresi Stanley, Jr. 1986
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 Anisian to the top of the Eocene or 247.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Cyathocoenia sp. A, Cyathocoenia sp. B (81047)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland Cyathocoenia sp. (34731)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Austria (Kärnten) Cyathocoenia sp. (81063)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Thailand Cyathocoenia sp. (34566)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Cyathocoenia andreaei (38166) Cyathocoenia milchi (38161)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Astrocoenia sp. (40672)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Chile Cyathocoenia squiresi (34636 34637)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) Cyathocoenia sp. (38047)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Oregon) Cyathocoenia gerthi, Cyathocoenia sp. (38055) Cyathocoenia sp. (85525)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Idaho) Cyathocoenia squiresi (38377)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Styria) Cyathocoenia sp. (36516)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) Cyathocoenia squiresi (45379)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Poland Cyathocoenia alpina (85429)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (Wales) Cyathocoenia dendroidea (41816)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Tajikistan Cyathocoenia sp. (151314)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Somalia Cyathocoenia golisensis (71066)