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Placocoenia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Placocoenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Placocoeniidae : Placocoenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Placocoenia d'Orbigny, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Note Polyp. Foss. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Astrea macrophthalma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phyllocoenia heimi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Placocoenia heimi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Placocoenia hideshimaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Placocoenia japonica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Placocoenia lanquinei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Placocoenia macrophthalma ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Placocoenia major ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Placocoenia ohinataensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Placocoenia perroni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Placocoenia robusta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Placocoenia senessei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Placocoenia tanohataensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Placocoenia d'Orbigny |
| 2002 | Placocoenia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Placocoenia Baron-Szabo p. 45 |
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!
