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Placocyathus costatus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)151383https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=151383
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Placocyathus : Placocyathus costatus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusPlacocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesPlacocyathus costatusDuncan 1864
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Placocyathus costatusspeciesbelongs to Placocyathusstated without evidenceDuncan, 1864
Placocyathus costatusspeciesbelongs to Meandrina (Placocyathus)stated with evidenceBudd et al., 1994
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Caryophylliidae)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietmicrocarnivore (based on Caryophylliidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Caryophylliidae)
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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1864Placocyathus costatus Duncan
1994Meandrina (Placocyathus) costatus Budd et al.
2014Placocyathus costatus Kiessling

References

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
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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