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Allocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Allocoenia was named by Etallon (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath-l J Tith]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Actinastraeidae by Roniewicz (1976) and Turnsek (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Allocoenia Etallon
1976Allocoenia Roniewicz
1997Allocoenia Turnsek
2002Allocoenia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusAllocoeniaEtallon 1858

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. †Allocoenia Etallon 1858
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Allocoenia plana Beauvais 1972
Allocoenia trochiformis Etallon 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 190.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Morocco A. sp. (225805)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Centre) A. plana (85965)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) A. trochiformis (93095)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia A. plana (45572)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France A. sp. (11084 11085 63915 63923)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia A. trochiformis (28059)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France A. sp. (220944 220991 220992 220993 220995 221035 221038)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia A. trochiformis (68654 68680)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Lower Saxony) A. sp. (24127)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania A. trochiformis (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Colombia A. trochiformis (34736)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France A. trochiformis (68510)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic A. sp. (31284)