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Placophylliidae
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Placophylliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Placophylliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (23%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Morycowa and M. Misik. 2005. Upper Jurrasic shallow-water scleractinian corals from the Pieniny Klippen Belt (Western Carpathians/Slovakia). Geologica Carpathica 56(5):415-432 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Diplocoeniella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Placophyllia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 74 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1990 | Placophylliidae Eliasova |
| 2005 | Placophylliidae Morycowa and Misik |
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!
