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Plesiocoenia menabensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae

Taxonomy
Plesiocoenia menabensis was named by Alloiteau (1958). Its type locality is Tongobory, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in Madagascar. It is the type species of Plesiocoenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Plesiocoenia menabensis Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMeandriinaAlloiteau 1952
familySmilotrochiidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusPlesiocoenia
speciesmenabensis

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.

Plesiocoenia menabensis Alloiteau 1958
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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 Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Bathonian or 167.70000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Romania (Dobrogea) Plesiocoenia menabensis (38192)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Madagascar (Toliara) Plesiocoenia menabensis (type locality: 86480)