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Placocoenites ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Coenitidae : Placocoenites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Coenitidae : Placocoenites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Placocoenites Sokolov, 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Trud. Vses. Neft. nauch-issled. Geol. Raz. Inst. (N. S.) 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 439 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. B. Khayznikova. 1989. Biostratigrafiya i tabulyaty biogermnykh otlozheniy rannego paleozoya; Yuzhnoye Verkhoyanye [Biostratigraphy and Tabulata of lower Paleozoic bioherm deposits; southern Verkhoyansk region] |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Coenites orientalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Placocoenites orientalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Placocoenites pellicula ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 443 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Placocoenites Sokolov |
| 1964 | Placocoenites Klaamann |
| 1981 | Placocoenites Hill |
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!
