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Diploctenium epagnacensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Diploctenium epagnacensis was named by Alloiteau (1952). Its type locality is Epagnac, Angouleme, which is in a Santonian marine limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Diploctenium epagnacensis Alloiteau

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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
speciesepagnacensis

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 epagnacensis Alloiteau 1952
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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Early/Lower Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Diploctenium epagnacensis (type locality: 87463)