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Pseudocoenia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6799	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6799

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Pseudocoenia

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Stylinina	Alloiteau 1952
family	Stylinidae	d'Orbigny 1851
subfamily	Pseudocoeniinae	Roniewicz 1976
genus	Pseudocoenia	d'Orbigny 1850

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudocoenia	genus	belongs to Stylinidae	stated with evidence	Roniewicz, 1976
Pseudocoenia	genus	belongs to Cyathophoridae	stated without evidence	Turnsek, 1997
Pseudocoenia	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pseudocoenia	genus	belongs to Pseudocoeniinae	stated with evidence	Pandey and Fürsich, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

172 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Stylinidae)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scleractinia)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pseudocoenia annae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	9	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudocoenia baltovensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	161 Ma Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudocoenia bangoinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Pseudocoenia beskidena ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	156 Ma Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudocoenia breviseptata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Pseudocoenia delaunayi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pseudocoenia fallax ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Pseudocoenia fromenteli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	10	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Pseudocoenia kobyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pseudocoenia limbata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	50	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudocoenia maxima ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Pseudocoenia novemseptata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	161 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Pseudocoenia splendens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Pseudocoenia suboctonis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	161 Ma Jurassic	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1850	Pseudocoenia d'Orbigny
1976	Pseudocoenia Roniewicz
1997	Pseudocoenia Turnsek
2002	Pseudocoenia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Pseudocoenia Pandey and Fürsich

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Roniewicz E. (1976) Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie, Palaeontologia Polonica 34, 17-121

Turnsek D. (1997) Mesozoic corals of Slovenia, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, 1-512

Pandey D. K., Fürsich F. T. (2003) Jurassic corals of east-central Iran, Beringeria 32, 1-138

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!

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