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Diploctenium cordatum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Diploctenium cordatum was named by Goldfuss (1827). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Diploctenium cordatum Goldfuss

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyMeandrininaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDiplocteniumGoldfuss 1827
speciescordatumGoldfuss 1827

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.

Diploctenium cordatum Goldfuss 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedersubf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 07:49:36
Modified: 2008-02-06 09:49:36
Source: subf = subfamily, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 70.60000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Aquitaine) Diploctenium cordatum (87405)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Diploctenium cordatum (85267 85268 85271 85272 85273 85274)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Diploctenium cordatum (85275)