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Duncanopsammia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Duncanopsammia was named by Wells (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Duncanopsammia Wells
1956Duncanopsammia Wells
2002Duncanopsammia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDuncanopsammiaWells 1936

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. Duncanopsammia Wells 1936
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Duncanopsammia axifuga Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France D. sp. (163836)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Turbinaria peltata, D. axifuga (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Turbinaria peltata (62804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Turbinaria peltata (87989 87992 87996)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Turbinaria peltata (63137 63138)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Turbinaria peltata (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Turbinaria peltata (62786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Turbinaria peltata (109187)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Turbinaria peltata (80963)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Turbinaria peltata (97528)