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Pleurocora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Pleurocora was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno T Than-l Sepkoski's reference number: 837]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Haplaraeidae by Baron-Szabo (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Pleurocora Milne-Edwards and Haime
1870Psammiophora Fromentel
1952Phyllohelia Alloiteau
1956Psammiophora Wells
1987Latohelia Löser
1997Pleurocora Baron-Szabo p. 77
2002Phyllohelia Sepkoski
2002Pleurocora Sepkoski
2002Psammiophora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPleurocoraMilne-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. †Pleurocora Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Pleurocora arachnoides Knorr and Walch 1777
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Invalid names: Pleurocora alternans Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym], Pleurocora angelisi Felix 1906 [synonym], Pleurocora circularia Baron-Szabo 1998 [synonym]
†Pleurocora coalescens Roemer 1888
†Pleurocora djalilovi Reyman 1975
†Pleurocora explanata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Pleurocora haueri Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Pleurocora nordenskjoeldi Felix 1909 [synonym]
†Pleurocora reptans Pocta 1887
Invalid names: Latohelia Löser 1987 [synonym], Phyllohelia Alloiteau 1952 [synonym], Psammiophora Fromentel 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:30:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:30:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Danian or 113.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain Latohelia sp. (74894)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece P. alternans, Latohelia reptans (74811)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) P. coalescens (123294 123295 123339 123340)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tajikistan P. djalilovi (86687)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Latohelia reptans (74193)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Latohelia reptans (34737 35138)
Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.8Austria P. sp. (156247)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Styria) Latohelia circularia (25482)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria P. alternans (27296)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria P. alternans (24265 24266 24268)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia P. haueri (11410)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Styria) P. alternans (25479)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Latohelia circularia (67084)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Ukraine P. angelisi (87044)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica Oculina nordenskjoeldi (11304)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Montastrea arachnoides (85270 85272 85273)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Cherkaska) Phyllohelia explanata (77069)