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Paraplacocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Paraplacocoenia was named by Beauvais (1982) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Placocoeniidae by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Paraplacocoenia Beauvais
2002Paraplacocoenia Sepkoski
2006Paraplacocoenia Baron-Szabo p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPlacocoeniidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusParaplacocoeniaBeauvais 1982

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. †Paraplacocoenia Beauvais 1982
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†Paraplacocoenia pruvosti Beauvais 1982
†Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Placocoenia dumortieri de Fromentel 1879 [synonym], Placocoenia orbignyana Reuss 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Danian or 122.46000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) P. pruvosti (83393)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece (Fokida) P. subpolygonalis (138887)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Serbia and Montenegro Placocoenia dumortieri (79221)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Placocoenia dumortieri (74484)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Spain Placocoenia dumortieri (67610)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Styria) P. orbignyana (25479)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1Austria (Styria) P. orbignyana (25480)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Serbia and Montenegro Placocoenia dumortieri (79226)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria Phyllocoenia marticensis (67576) Placocoenia dumortieri (67575)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates P. orbignyana (12766) Placocoenia orbignyana (206412 206413 206414)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Placocoenia orbignyana (206407)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Placocoenia orbignyana (67456)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Serbia and Montenegro Placocoenia dumortieri (79222)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica P. orbignyana (27646)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Montastrea rotula (85268 85271 85272 85273)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Montastrea rotula (85275)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy Placocoeniopsis katzi (24269)