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Heliocoenia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4880322	https://www.gbif.org/species/4880322
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	54237	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54237

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Heliocoenia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Stylininae	d'Orbigny 1851
genus	Heliocoenia	Etallon 1858

Scientific Name

Heliocoenia Etallon, 1858

Name Published In

Mém. Soc. Emul. Doubs, (3) 3

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Heliocoenia	genus	belongs to Euheliidae	stated with evidence	Roniewicz, 1976
Heliocoenia	genus	belongs to Agatheliidae	stated with evidence	Beauvais, 1994
Heliocoenia	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Heliocoenia	genus	belongs to Stylinidae	stated without evidence	Baron-Szabo, 2002
Heliocoenia	genus	belongs to Stylininae	stated with evidence	Pandey and Fürsich, 2003
Heliocoenia	genus	misspelling of Heliocoenia	stated with evidence	Kiessling, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

93.5 - 89.3 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)

R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2002. Scleractinian corals of the Cretaceous. Scleractinian corals of the Cretaceous, Knoxville, Tennessee

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Alloiteaucoenia (Kobycoenia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Heliocoenia (Hexaheliocoenia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Heliocoenia (Octoheliocoenia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Alloiteaucoenia claudiopolisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heliocoenia bendukidzeae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia carpathica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	161 Ma Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia catenula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Heliocoenia claudiopolisensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	157 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia corallina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia costulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Heliocoenia decora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	152 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Heliocoenia etalloni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia gracilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia humberti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	161 Ma Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Heliocoenia kabakovitschae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Heliocoenia kakhadzei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia lamellosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia minima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	145 Ma Late Jurassic	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia orbignyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Heliocoenia pakongensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia picteti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia pseudocorallina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia rarauensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia rozkowskae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	145 Ma Late Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia sparsa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	145 Ma Late Jurassic	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia stellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia strambergensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	152 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Heliocoenia triradiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	152 Ma Late Jurassic	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia vadosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Heliocoenia variabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		64	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia vesicularia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia vigintiseptata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Heliocoenia zaglica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Stylina lamellosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stylina sparsa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stylina strambergensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stylina vadosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Heliocenia Etallon, 1859	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : *Heliocenia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1859	Heliocoenia Etallon
1860	Dendrohelia Etallon
1964	Alloiteaucoenia Beauvais
1976	Heliocoenia Roniewicz
1994	Heliocoenia Beauvais
2002	Heliocoenia Baron-Szabo
2002	Alloiteaucoenia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Heliocenia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Heliocoenia Pandey and Fürsich

References

Baron-Szabo R. C. (2002) Scleractinian corals of the Cretaceous, Scleractinian corals of the Cretaceous, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1-539

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

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

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Soc. Emul. Doubs, (3) 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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