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Placosmilia fenestrata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Lasmogyra fenestrata was named by Felix (1900).

It was recombined as Placosmilia fenestrata by Baron-Szabo (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Lasmogyra fenestrata Felix
2003Placosmilia fenestrata Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusPlacosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfenestrata(Felix 1900)

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.

Placosmilia fenestrata Felix 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 86.30000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari) Placosmilia fenestrata (233111)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Placosmilia fenestrata (24265)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Placosmilia fenestrata (74895)