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Placocoenites orientalis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae

Taxonomy
Coenites orientalis was named by Eichwald (1861). It is the type species of Placocoenites.

It was recombined as Placocoenites orientalis by Klaamann (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Placocoenites orientalis Klaamann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyCoenitidaeSardeson 1896
genusPlacocoenitesSokolov 1955
speciesorientalis(Eichwald 1861)

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.

Placocoenites orientalis Eichwald 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Telychian or 443.40000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Placocoenites orientalis (206541 206542)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Placocoenites orientalis (206347)