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Dichocoenia eminens

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Dichocoenia eminens was named by Weisbord (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Caloosahatchee River and Shell Creek, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene shallow subtidal marl/sandstone in the Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Dichocoenia eminens Weisbord

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusDichocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieseminens

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.

Dichocoenia eminens Weisbord 1974
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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: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Dichocoenia eminens (120356 120357 120360 120393)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Dichocoenia eminens (35026)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Dichocoenia eminens (71374 124269 124271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Dichocoenia eminens (79958)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Dichocoenia eminens (79804 type locality: 85449)