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Planocoenites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae

Taxonomy
Planocoenites was named by Sokolov (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u D Give-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coenitidae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Planocoenites Sokolov
1981Planocoenites Hill
2002Planocoenites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyCoenitidaeSardeson 1896
genusPlanocoenitesSokolov 1952

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.

G. †Planocoenites Sokolov 1952
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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 Homerian to the top of the Givetian or 430.50000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (23057)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Japan P. ozakii (61209 61210 61211)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Hunan) P. sp. (80272)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Poland P. escharoides (83034)