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Placophyllia dianthus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron dianthus was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Placophyllia rugosa by Kolodziej (2003); it was recombined as Placophyllia dianthus by Becker (1875) and Baron-Szabo (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. chihuahuensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Lithodendron dianthus Goldfuss
1875Placophyllia dianthus Becker
2018Placophyllia dianthus Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyPlacophylliidaeEliasova 1990
genusPlacophylliad'Orbigny 1848
speciesdianthus(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Placophyllia dianthus Goldfuss 1826
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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 Bajocian to the top of the Valanginian or 170.30000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Slovakia Placophyllia dianthus (60237)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Germany Lithodendron dianthus (161875)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Indonesia Placophyllia dianthus (68463)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Placophyllia dianthus (34662)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Placophyllia dianthus (62219)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Placophyllia dianthus (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Placophyllia dianthus (23903 23904 34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Placophyllia dianthus (36533)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Placophyllia dianthus (192209 192211 192222)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Placophyllia dianthus (233521)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland Placophyllia dianthus (151580)