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Pentacoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Taxonomy
Pentacoenia was named by d'Orbigny (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Haut-l K Apti-l Sepkoski's reference number: 821]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cyathophoridae by Löser (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pentacoenia d'Orbigny
2002Pentacoenia Sepkoski
2010Pentacoenia Löser p. 598

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCyathophoridaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPentacoeniad'Orbigny 1850

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. †Pentacoenia d'Orbigny 1850
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Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny 1850
Pentacoenia microtrema d'Orbigny 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 05:54:51
Modified: 2008-02-10 07:54:51
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Alloiteau and Bernier 1969, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Barremian or 129.40000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Georgia P. elegantula (67512)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) P. elegantula (177726)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland P. elegantula (67123) P. elegantula, P. microtrema (67122)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece P. tombecki, P. elegantula (34719)