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Petrophyllia dartoni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Archohelia dartoni was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Petrophyllia dartoni by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Archohelia dartoni Wells
2008Petrophyllia dartoni Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyOculininaeGray 1847
genusPetrophylliaConrad 1855
speciesdartoni()

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.

Petrophyllia dartoni Wells 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-12-22 01:24:35
Modified: 2008-12-22 03:24:35
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (139002)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Archohelia dartoni (53343)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (138964)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Archohelia dartoni (23527)