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Psammocora paponica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Psammocora paponica was named by Yabe and Sugiyama (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Noma raised beach deposits, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Psammocora paponica Yabe and Sugiyama

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPsammocoraDana 1846
speciespaponica

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.

†Psammocora paponica Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
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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 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Psammocora paponica (type locality: 63137)