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Placosmilia limburgica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Placosmilia limburgica was named by De Gruyter (1944). It is not extant. Its type locality is Staatsmijn Maurits, Sch. II, 159.10-160.70 m, which is in a Danian coastal claystone in the Netherlands.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Placosmilia limburgica De Gruyter

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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
specieslimburgica

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 limburgica De Gruyter 1944
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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 Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 66.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands Placosmilia limburgica (type locality: 123971)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Netherlands Placosmilia limburgica (124093)