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Pectinia
Taxonomy
Pectinia was named by Oken (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Pectiniidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Pectiniidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Pectinia Oken |
| 1830 | Tridacophyllia Blainville |
| 1884 | Physophyllia Duncan |
| 1956 | Pectinia Wells |
| 1992 | Physophyllia Veron |
| 2002 | Pectinia Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Pectinia Huang et al. |
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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. Pectinia Oken 1815
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Pectinia ayleni Wells 1935
Pectinia lactuca Pallas 1766
Invalid names: Physophyllia Duncan 1884 [synonym], Tridacophyllia Blainville 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene | Italy | P. pseudomaeandrites (146598) | |
| Miocene | Japan | Physophyllia sp. (155183) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Japan | P. sp. (81581) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Japan | Tridacophyllia sp. (63137 63138) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Okinawa) | P. sp. (62771 62773) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | P. sp. (88595) | |
| Holocene | Japan (Chiba) | P. lactuca, Physophyllia ayleni (97528) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | P. sp. (166541) |