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Adelocoenia maxima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Adelocoenia maxima was named by Beauvais (1964). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hofbergli, which is in an Oxfordian perireef or subreef limestone in Switzerland.

It was recombined as Pseudocoenia maxima by Roniewicz (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Adelocoenia maxima Beauvais
1966Pseudocoenia maxima Roniewicz
2020Adelocoenia maxima Lathuilière et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusAdelocoeniad'Orbigny 1849
speciesmaxima

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.

Adelocoenia maxima Beauvais 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Adelocoenia maxima (type locality: 93098)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Uzbekistan Pseudocoenia maxima (34859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Uzbekistan Pseudocoenia maxima (91782 91783 91787)