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Placotrochus
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Placotrochus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Placotrochus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Milne-Edwards, Henri & Jules Haime. 1848. Recherches sur les polypieres: Mémoire. , Fortin, Masson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Flabellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Flabellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | microcarnivore (based on Flabellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | major folds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Parasmilia texana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus corniculatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus costatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus deltoideus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus elongatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus inflectus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus laevis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus magnus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus pueblensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus sawkinsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Placotrochus texanus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Microtrochus Tenison-Woods, 1880 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Microtrochus |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1848 | Placotrochus Milne-Edwards and Haime |
1956 | Placotrochus Wells |
1992 | Placotrochus Squires and Demetrion p. 24 |
2002 | Placotrochus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!