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Placophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae

Taxonomy
Placophyllia was named by d'Orbigny (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: J m K Apti-l Sepkoski's reference number: 819]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Placophylliidae.

It was assigned to Placosmiliidae by Roniewicz (1976) and Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Placophylliidae by Morycowa and Misik (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Placophyllia d'Orbigny
1976Placophyllia Roniewicz
1997Placophyllia Turnsek
2002Placophyllia Sepkoski
2005Placophyllia Morycowa and Misik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyPlacophylliidaeEliasova 1990
genusPlacophylliad'Orbigny 1848

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. †Placophyllia d'Orbigny 1848
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†Placophyllia amnica Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
†Placophyllia bandeli Baron-Szabo 1998
†Placophyllia blastemon Eliasova 1976
†Placophyllia crassa Koby 1904
†Placophyllia curvata Turnsek 1974
Placophyllia dianthus Goldfuss 1826
†Placophyllia florosa Eliasova 1976
†Placophyllia grata Bugrova 1997
†Placophyllia mikaikarivensis Alloiteau 1958
†Placophyllia minima Geyer 1955
†Placophyllia rugosa Becker 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Priabonian or 201.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 190.8 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Tajikistan P. sp. (151314)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) P. amnica (234062)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Slovakia P. dianthus (60237)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Madagascar (Toliara) P. mikaikarivensis (86420)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Germany Lithodendron dianthus (161875)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Mexico (Chihuahua) P. chihuahuensis (11287)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Indonesia P. rugosa, P. dianthus (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland P. rugosa (68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia (South Ossetia) Stylosmilia rugosa (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia P. rugosa (68686 68690 68694 68700 68701)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Stylosmilia rugosa (90000)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Stylosmilia rugosa (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation Stylosmilia rugosa (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal P. minima (68588)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Lower Saxony) P. minima (23929)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal P. minima (6011 6013 67941 67958)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) P. rugosa (85809)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Bulgaria (Pernik) P. rugosa (87061)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland P. rugosa (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal P. dianthus, P. minima, P. crassa (34662) P. minima (67903 67904 67905 67906 67910 67934 67935) P. rugosa (68599) P. sp. (67957)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany P. sp. (211294)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic P. rugosa (68783) P. rugosa, P. blastemon, P. dianthus (62219)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Bulgaria (Pernik) P. rugosa (87066)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. dianthus (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy P. florosa (154046)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. dianthus (23903 34398) P. rugosa, P. dianthus (23904)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Pleurophyllia rugosa (36538) Pleurophyllia rugosa, P. blastemon, P. dianthus, P. florosa (36533)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic P. rugosa (31285)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria P. dianthus (192209 192211 192222)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine (Crimea) P. grata (22962)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland P. dianthus (151580)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland (Alpstein  ) P. dianthus, P. florosa (233521)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary P. curvata (25151)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) P. blastemon (87080)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Turkmenistan (Turkoman Republic) P. curvata (2263)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro P. curvata (74799)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Mexico P. bandeli (21253)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Slovenia P. curvata (68728)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain P. curvata (74894)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany P. grata (221477)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Mexico P. bandeli (21255)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria P. curvata (24268)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain P. bandeli, P. curvata (67084)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Libya P. bartai (42136)