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Phacellocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Phacellocoenia was named by Alloiteau and Tissier (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: J T Than-l Sepkoski's reference number: 86,658]. Its type is Phacellocoenia bazerquei.

It was assigned to Stylinidae by Alloiteau and Tissier (1958); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by Baron-Szabo (2006); and to Merulinidae by Kiessling (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Phacellocoenia Alloiteau and Tissier
1958Phacellocoenia Alloiteau and Tissier
2002Phacellocoenia Sepkoski
2006Phacellocoenia Baron-Szabo p. 42
2021Phacellocoenia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPhacellocoeniaAlloiteau and Tissier 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. †Phacellocoenia Alloiteau and Tissier 1858
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Phacellocoenia bazerquei Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
Phacellocoenia thomkai Eliasova 1991
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 Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 129.40000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Venezuela Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (90535 90540)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Trinidad and Tobago Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (25539)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Venezuela (State of Sucre) Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (78595)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Albian121.4 - 99.6Mexico (Oaxaca) Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (79470 79476)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Aplosmilia tolmachoffana (74763 74765)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana (89857 89858)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France P. bazerquei (76889)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Slovakia Rhabdophylliopsis thomkai (87543)