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Placocoenites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae

Taxonomy
Placocoenites was named by Sokolov (1955). Its type is Coenites orientalis.

It was assigned to Coenitinae by Klaamann (1964); and to Coenitidae by Hill (1981).

Species
P. orientalis, P. pellicula
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. escharoides, P. rotundus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Placocoenites Sokolov
1964Placocoenites Klaamann
1981Placocoenites Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyCoenitidaeSardeson 1896
genusPlacocoenitesSokolov 1955

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. †Placocoenites Sokolov 1955
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†Placocoenites orientalis Eichwald 1861
†Placocoenites pellicula Klaamann 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Adavere to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 439.00000 to 383.70000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) P. orientalis (206541 206542)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) P. rotundus (79483)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Khakasiya) P. pellicula (78710)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (27816)
Adavere439.0 - 428.2Estonia P. pellicula (175037)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) P. orientalis (206347)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Mongolia P. medius (79715)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Mongolia P. medius (79689 79696 79716)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. frondosa (82479)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic P. sp. (84368)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. escharoides (82474) P. frondosa (82477)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) P. gradatus (83928)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. escharoides (81727 82226 82227) P. frondosa (82476)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) P. escharoides (84384) P. medius (84386)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Vietnam P. sp. (83320)