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Placosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy

Placosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-l T Eo-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Placosmiliinae by Wells (1956); to Placosmiliidae by Alloiteau and Tissier (1958) and Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by López-Pérez (2005) and Baron-Szabo (2006).

Species

P. bilobata, P. bofilli, P. bojnicensis, P. copoyensis, P. cornu, P. elliptica, P. fenestrata, P. fimbriata, P. gracilis, P. limburgica, P. martini (syn. P. turonensis), P. pethoi, P. polygonata, P. sinuosa (syn. Phragmosmilia psecadiophora), P. urgoniensis, Placosmiliopsis bilobatus

Synonyms

Placosmiliopsis was named by Beauvais (1982). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Placosmilia by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Alvarez et al. (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Placosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956	Placosmilia Wells
1958	Placosmilia Alloiteau and Tissier
1982	Placosmiliopsis Beauvais
1994	Placosmiliopsis Alvarez et al.
1997	Placosmilia Turnsek
2002	Placosmilia Sepkoski
2005	Placosmilia López-Pérez p. 83
2006	Placosmilia Baron-Szabo p. 54

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Montlivaltiidae	Dietrich 1926
genus	Placosmilia	Milne-Edwards and Haime 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. †Placosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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†Placosmilia bilobata d'Achiardi 1868

†Placosmilia bofilli Vidal 1921

†Placosmilia bojnicensis Alloiteau 1949

†Placosmilia copoyensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974

†Placosmilia cornu Oppenheim 1901

†Placosmilia elliptica d'Achiardi 1875

†Placosmilia fenestrata Felix 1900

†Placosmilia fimbriata Michelin 1842

†Placosmilia gracilis Felix 1903

†Placosmilia limburgica De Gruyter 1944

†Placosmilia martini Michelin 1846

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Invalid names: Placosmilia turonensis de Fromentel 1877 [synonym]

†Placosmilia pethoi Pratz 1910

†Placosmilia polygonata Oppenheim 1901

†Placosmilia sinuosa Reuss 1854

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Invalid names: Phragmosmilia psecadiophora Felix 1903 [synonym]

†Placosmilia urgoniensis Koby 1895

Invalid names: Placosmiliopsis Beauvais 1982 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesubo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-05 11:59:19

Modified:

2008-02-05 13:59:19

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 168.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (58 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	France	P. sp. (38738)
Cretaceous	145.0 - 66.0	Iran (Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari)	P. fenestrata (233111)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	Switzerland	P. urgoniensis (76998)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Mexico (Baja California)	P. sp. (1887 1890)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Poitou-Charentes)	Placosmiliopsis compressa (87797)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Madagascar (Antsiranana)	P. decaryi (86509)
Senonian	100.5 - 66.0	Slovakia	P. sp. (87243)
Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian	93.9 - 85.8	Austria	P. sp. (156246 156247)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Austria (Styria)	P. turonensis (25481 25482)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.3 - 85.8	Austria	P. fenestrata (24265)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Germany	P. martini (74484 74485)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Spain (Cataluna)	P. vidali, P. bofilli (88327)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Austria	P. martini, P. fenestrata (74895) P. sp. (74489)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Azerbaijan	P. sinuosa (86686)
Santonian - Campanian	86.3 - 72.1	Slovenia	P. gracilis (23071)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Austria	P. sp. (146295)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Austria (Styria)	P. turonensis (25479)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Greece	Placosmiliopsis sp. (64308)
Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Oman	Aulosmilia protectans (67010)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Serbia and Montenegro	P. pethoi (87672)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.5 - 66.0	Oman	P. sinuosa (206407 206408)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Serbia and Montenegro	Phragmosmilia psecadiophora (79222)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Netherlands	P. limburgica (123971)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	France	P. bojnicensis (76889)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Italy	P. reussana, P. sp. (227866)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Italy	P. sp., P. strangulata, P. elliptica (75454)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Mexico (Chiapas)	P. copoyensis (45920 85735)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Slovenia	P. sp., P. bilobata (71666)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	Italy	P. bilobata (146612) P. sp. (146598)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Croatia	P. polygonata (124309 124371)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Spain	Placosmiliopsis bilobatus (34483 92086 142111 142112 146169)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Spain	Placosmiliopsis bilobatus (145969 146168)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Germany (Bavaria)	P. bilobata (10703) P. elliptica (10963)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Croatia	P. bilobata (87473)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Hungary	P. bilobata (123843 123904) P. cornu (123837)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Netherlands	P. limburgica (124093)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Iran	Placosmiliopsis fimbriatus (41075)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Brazil (Para)	P. sp. (65162 84329)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia	P. sp. (108813 108814)