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Platytrochus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Platytrochus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turbinoliinae by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Platytrochus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1900Aldrichia Vaughan
1903Aldrichiella Vaughan
2002Platytrochus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyTurbinoliinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
genusPlatytrochusMilne-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. Platytrochus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Platytrochus airensis Dennant 1902
†Platytrochus bataviae De Gruyter 1944
†Platytrochus burcki De Gruyter 1944
†Platytrochus claibornensis de Gregorio 1890
†Platytrochus curvatus Dennant 1902
†Platytrochus diabloensis Durham 1943
†Platytrochus dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
†Platytrochus elegans Vaughan 1900
Platytrochus hastatus Dennant 1902
†Platytrochus maudensis Dennant 1904
†Platytrochus merriami Nomland 1916
†Platytrochus primaevus Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
†Platytrochus vacuus Tenison-Woods 1877
Invalid names: Aldrichia Vaughan 1900 [synonym], Aldrichiella Vaughan 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height32.862.203.802.800.808

Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:30:29
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:52:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Langhian or 66.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Cherkaska) P. claibornensis (77069)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands Aldrichiella bataviae (123971)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) P. primaevus (122545 122648)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) P. primaevus (98704 98733)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) P. primaevus (86307)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Flabellum merriami (122294) P. merriami (78721 78723) Trochocyathus merriami (201621)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. stokesi (89849 92783)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) P. diabloensis (36863 185385)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) P. maudensis (122467)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) P. stokesi (2411)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) P. stokesi (2414)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. stokesi (81254)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Texas) P. stokesi (88089)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Netherlands P. burcki (3717 3718)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) P. goldfussi (99632) P. stokesi (2434 90642 90709 99672)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) P. goldfussi (90600 98272) P. goldfussi, P. stokesi (81266) P. stokesi (2423 81278 81279) P. stokesi, P. goldfussi, P. claibornensis (88091)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Aldrichia elegans (88145)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Aldrichia elegans (88144)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) P. stokesi (92432)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) P. airensis, P. curvatus (122379) P. hastatus, P. airensis, P. curvatus (122348)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Dominicotrochus dominicensis (85785)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic Smilotrochus dominicensis (124719)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) P. hastatus, P. curvatus, P. vacuus (179958)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) P. curvatus (122378) P. hastatus, P. curvatus (122349 122380)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India P. sp. (146871)