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Heterocoeniidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Heterocoeniidae Oppenheim
2005Heterocoeniidae Götz et al.
2006Heterocoeniidae Baron-Szabo p. 89
2006Heterocoeniidae Morycowa and Decrouez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930

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.

Fm. †Heterocoeniidae Oppenheim 1930
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G. †Acanthogyra Ogilvie 1897
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†Acanthogyra aptiana Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981
†Acanthogyra columnaris Ogilvie 1897
†Acanthogyra micra Eliasova 1973
†Acanthogyra multiformis Ogilvie 1897
†Acanthogyra paracolumnaris Sikharulidze 1979
†Acanthogyra tosaensis Eguchi 1951
Invalid names: Columnogyra Beauvais 1976 [synonym]
G. †Canleria Eliasova 1996
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†Canleria clemens Eliasova 1996
G. †Castiglionastrea Gill et al. 2004
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†Castiglionastrea tenuisepta Gill et al. 2004
G. †Confusaforma Loeser 1987
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†Confusaforma prima Löser et al. 2021
†Confusaforma weyeri Löser 1987
G. †Elasmocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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†Elasmocoenia mitzopoulosi Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997
†Elasmocoenia rubrolineata Löser et al. 2009
Invalid names: Latusastraeopsis Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997 [synonym]
G. †Heterocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Heterocoenia bacellaris Goldfuss 1826
†Heterocoenia balkhanensis Kuzmicheva 1987
†Heterocoenia decipiens Hackemesser 1936
†Heterocoenia decipiens ramosa Hackemesser 1936
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Invalid names: Heterocoenia garumnica Vidal 1921 [synonym]
†Heterocoenia densa Eguchi 1936
†Heterocoenia distans Milne et al. 1848
†Heterocoenia erecta Felix 1903
†Heterocoenia exigua Michelin 1846
†Heterocoenia fuchsi Felix 1903
†Heterocoenia gracilis Quenstedt 1881
†Heterocoenia grandis Reuss 1854
†Heterocoenia hilli Wells 1932
†Heterocoenia inflexa Eichwald 1865
†Heterocoenia minima d'Orbigny 1850
†Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa 1971
†Heterocoenia pusilla Reig Oriol 1992
†Heterocoenia verrucosa Reuss 1854
Invalid names: Bacillastraea [synonym], Baryhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 [synonym], Hexasmilia de Fromentel 1870 [synonym], Miyakosmilia Eguchi 1936 [synonym], Pachycoenia [synonym], Paronastraea Beauvais 1977 [synonym]
G. Heterosmilia Kołodziej et al. 2012
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Heterosmilia spinosa Kołodziej et al. 2012
G. †Hexasmiliopsis Löser 2008
G. †Latusastrea d'Orbigny 1850
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†Latusastrea alveolaris Goldfuss 1829
†Latusastrea decipiens Prever 1909
†Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862
†Latusastrea polygonalis de Fromentel 1862
†Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849
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Invalid names: Latusastraea xigazeensis Liao and Xia 1994 [synonym]
G. †Pachythecophyllia Kolodziej 2003
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†Pachythecophyllia eliasovae Kolodziej 2003
G. †Styloheterocoenia Löser et al. 2018
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†Styloheterocoenia brunni Löser et al. 2018
†Styloheterocoenia hellenensis Löser et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-16 12:54:00
Modified: 2008-02-16 14:54:00
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Lutetian or 157.30000 to 41.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 155.7 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Acanthogyra columnaris (41421)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Japan (Fukushima) Acanthogyra sp. (85574)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Cryptocoenia brevis (93538)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal Acanthogyra micra (68611)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Acanthogyra multiformis, Acanthogyra columnaris (41422)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Acanthogyra columnaris (68690) Acanthogyra multiformis (68686)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Acanthogyra columnaris (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Ethiopia Cryptocoenia brevis (93501)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Italy Castiglionastrea tenuisepta (84820)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Acanthogyra multiformis (68585)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Acanthogyra multiformis (34612)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Latusastrea sp. (25327)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Baryhelia crassa (68507)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Georgia Acanthogyra columnaris (85933)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Poland Acanthogyra columnaris (151577) Latusastrea sp. (151546)
Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian152.1 - 140.2Poland Latusastrea sp. (151545)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Japan (Kochi) Acanthogyra tosaensis (91380 91382)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Latusastrea alveolaris (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Lebanon Baryhelia hexaconena (34869)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Latusastrea alveolaris (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Heterocoenia minutisima (154046)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Acanthogyra multiformis, Acanthogyra columnaris (36533)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Acanthogyra multiformis (31283)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Heterocoenia inflexa (192211)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Spain Latusastrea exiguis (69144)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Switzerland Cyathophora regularis (77113)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Spain Confusaforma prima (220703)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) Latusastrea sp. (87081)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary Confusaforma sp. (25151)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland Pachythecophyllia eliasovae (151555)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Heterocoenia inflexa (233521)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Ukraine Latusastrea provincialis (77086)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Latusastrea exiguis (89961)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Spain Latusastrea irregularis (56707)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Jamaica (Saint Catherine) Latusastrea rubrolineata (89647)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Latusastrea irregularis (65201)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Georgia Latusastrea decipiens (67512)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Latusastrea provincialis, Heterocoenia balkhanensis (91685)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria Hexasmilia sp., Heterosmilia spinosa (151443)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Latusastrea irregularis (65198) Latusastrea provincialis (65200)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria Heterocoenia minima, Heterocoenia inflexa (221476)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Ukraine Latusastrea sp. (67457)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Latusastrea decipiens, Latusastrea exiguis (67124) Latusastrea decipiens, Latusastrea exiguis, Latusastrea provincialis (67122 67123) Latusastrea exiquis (64118)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) Latusastrea provincialis, Latusastrea irregularis, Heterocoenia pusilla, Latusastrea sp. (89865)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro Latusastrea decipiens (74794) Latusastrea decipiens, Acanthogyra aptiana (74793)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Slovenia Latusastrea decipiens, Latusastrea exiguis (68728)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Romania Latusastrea sp. (221640)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain Latusastrea decipiens, Latusastrea provincialis, Heterosmilia sp. (74894) Latusastrea provincialis (74893)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Tanzania Latusastrea irregularis (85348 85352)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Astrocoenia japonica (91321 91322 91326) Heterocoenia explanata, Heterocoenia tetraseptata, Miyakosmilia densa, Astrocoenia japonica (91282) Heterocoenia hideshimaensis (91327) Heterocoenia hideshimaensis, Heterocoenia mojiensis, Astrocoenia japonica (91324) Heterocoenia sp., Heterocoenia hideshimaensis, Astrocoenia japonica (91328) Miyakosmilia ishidai, Astrocoenia japonica (91325)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain Hexasmilia elmari (67606) Hexasmilia sp., Hexasmilia elmari (67607)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain (Valencia) Hexasmilia elmari (84708)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) Latusastrea provincialis (35101)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mexico (Michoacan) Latusastrea alveolaris (89846)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland Heterocoenia minima (221503) Latusastrea decipiens (72040)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Heterocoenia sp. (60375) Heterocoenia sp., Latusastrea provincialis (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Heterocoenia sp., Latusastrea exiguis, Heterocoenia minima (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Heterocoenia sp., Heterocoenia minima, Acanthogyra aptiana (221477) Latusastrea sp., Latusastrea provincialis (25535)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain Hexasmiliopsis saldanai (84552)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Georgia Acanthogyra paracolumnaris (85430)
Albian113.0 - 100.5China (Xizang) Latusastraea xigazeensis (80568)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Heterocoenia sp., Latusastraeopsis mitzopoulosi, Heterocoenia minuta (74811)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico Latusastrea provincialis, Heterocoenia exigua (21254)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Heterocoenia hilli (74765)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Heterocoenia washitaensis (123322)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9China (Xizang) Latusastraea xigazeensis (74280)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Pachycoenia sp. (74200)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece Canleria sp. 2, Canleria sp. 1, Confusaforma weyeri, Canleria clemens, Styloheterocoenia hellenensis, Styloheterocoenia brunni, Heterocoenia distans (203930) Styloheterocoenia sp. (203927)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain Heterocoenia provincialis, Heterocoenia sp. (23537)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Pachycoenia clemens, Confusaforma weyeri (74193)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Confusaforma weyeri (34737 35138)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Heterocoenia sp. (160830)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Heterocoenia fuchsi (91629)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Confusaforma weyeri, Canleria clemens (35144)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Italy (Benevento) Elasmocoenia indet. (162612)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Italy (Frosinone) Elasmocoenia indet. (162611)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Italy (Rome) Elasmocoenia indet. (162610)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria Heterocoenia erecta (27296)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Italy (Salerno) Elasmocoenia indet. (162619)
Middle Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Greece Latusastrea polygonalis (64253)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Heterocoenia provincalis (24265)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy Elasmocoenia sp. (67594)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Spain Heterocoenia reussi (67610)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Armenia Heterocoenia exigua (86675)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Heterocoenia grandis, Heterocoenia exigua, Heterocoenia verrucosa (74895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Hexasmilia ferryi (84709)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Heterocoenia dendroides, Heterocoenia exigua, Heterocoenia verrucosa, Canleria clemens (67084)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Serbia and Montenegro Heterocoenia exigua (79226)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria Pachycoenia corbariensis (67576)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Cataluna) Heterocoenia garumnica (88323)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Heterocoenia bacillaris (85271 85272 85273)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia Scleractinia indet. (88184)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Heterocoenia sp. (5495)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal (Thies) Bacillastraea senegalensis (76723)