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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Placocyathus : Placocyathus barretti |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Placocyathus : Placocyathus barretti |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Placocyathus |
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| Scientific Name | Placocyathus barretti Duncan, 1863 |
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| Name Published In | Duncan, P.M. (1863). On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands - Part I. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 19: 406-458, pls. 13-16. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Placocyathus barretti | species | belongs to Placocyathus | stated without evidence | Duncan, 1863 | | Placocyathus barretti | species | belongs to Meandrina (Placocyathus) | stated with evidence | Budd et al., 1994 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Caryophylliidae) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) |
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| Diet | microcarnivore (based on Caryophylliidae) |
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| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Caryophylliidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. F. Budd, T. A. Stemann, and K. G. Johnson. 1994. Stratigraphic distributions of genera and species of Neogene to recent Carribean reef corals. Journal of Paleontology 68(5):951-977 |
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| Budd A. F., Stemann T. A., et al (1994) Stratigraphic distributions of genera and species of Neogene to recent Carribean reef corals, Journal of Paleontology 68 5, 951-977 |
| Kiessling W. (2014) Taxonomic revisions of scleractinian corals |
| Duncan, P.M. (1863). On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands - Part I. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 19: 406-458, pls. 13-16. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Duncan, P.M. (1863) On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands - Part I: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 19: 406-458, pls. 13-16 - via Catalogue of Life |
Placocyathus barretti ✝
