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Placocyathus
Taxonomy
Placocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l T Plio Sepkoski's reference number: 1110].
It was synonymized subjectively with Meandrina by Wells (1956); it was reranked as Meandrina (Placocyathus) by Kiessling (2008).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Meandrina by Kiessling (2008); and to Caryophylliidae by Kiessling (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Meandrina by Wells (1956); it was reranked as Meandrina (Placocyathus) by Kiessling (2008).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Meandrina by Kiessling (2008); and to Caryophylliidae by Kiessling (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
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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. †Placocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Placocyathus alveolus Duncan 1863
†Placocyathus barretti Duncan 1863
†Placocyathus costatus Duncan 1864
†Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (60 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ypresian | Pakistan | Meandrina variabilis (145130) | |
Middle Miocene | Puerto Rico | Meandrina sp. (45405) | |
Middle Miocene | Dominican Republic | P. sp., P. variabilis, P. costatus (124722) | |
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Puerto Rico | Meandrina sp. (45406) | |
Tortonian | Dominican Republic | P. variabilis (41065 41112) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Haiti | P. variabilis (60107) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | P. sp. (146171) | |
Messinian | Panama | P. costatus (120357) P. variabilis (120356 120358 120360 120361 120362 120388 120392) P. variabilis, P. alveolus (120389) P. variabilis, P. barretti, P. costatus (120397) | |
Messinian | Dominican Republic | P. variabilis (41067 41068) P. variabilis, P. alveolus (41113) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Florida) | P. alveolus, P. costatus (35026) | |
Zanclean | Costa Rica | P. variabilis (41072) | |
Zanclean | Dominican Republic | P. costatus (175592) P. sp., P. variabilis, P. barretti (93642) P. variabilis (41070 41071 41114) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Costa Rica | P. variabilis (71374 71397) | |
Pliocene | Dominican Republic | P. variabilis (124702) | |
Pliocene | Jamaica | P. variabilis, P. barretti, P. alveolus, P. costatus (34539 34540) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Jamaica | P. variabilis (34543) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Bahamas | P. variabilis (73648 73649 73658) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | P. variabilis, P. barretti (79958) | |
Piacenzian | Netherlands Antilles | P. variabilis (41038 41039 41041 41043 41046) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Costa Rica | P. variabilis (71419) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Costa Rica | P. variabilis (71722 71725 71729 71731 71735 71757 71758 71760 71763 71764 71765 71766 71768 71774 71775 71776) |