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Diploctenium ferrumequinum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Diploctenium ferrumequinum was named by Reuss (1854). It is not extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Diploctenium ferrumequinum Reuss
1854Diploctenium pavoninum Reuss

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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
speciesferrumequinumReuss 1854

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.

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Invalid names: Diploctenium pavoninum Reuss 1854 [synonym]
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 Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Diploctenium ferrumequinum (74895 74905)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Croatia Diploctenium ferrumequinum, Diploctenium pavoninum (91739)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Diploctenium ferrumequinum (87471) Diploctenium pavoninum (84709)