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Dimorphocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Dimorphocoenia was named by de Fromentel (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: J u K Apti-l Sepkoski's reference number: 821,826]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Götz et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Dimorphocoenia de Fromentel
2002Dimorphocoenia Sepkoski
2005Dimorphocoenia Götz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusDimorphocoeniade Fromentel 1857

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dimorphocoenia de Fromentel 1857
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†Dimorphocoenia corallina Étallon 1859
†Dimorphocoenia crassisepta d'Orbigny 1850
†Dimorphocoenia hellenensis Beauvais 1972
†Dimorphocoenia jurassica Babaev 1965
†Dimorphocoenia solomkoae Bendukidze 1961
†Dimorphocoenia xipei Felix 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Campanian or 157.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan D. jurassica (78442)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Greece D. hellenensis (86170)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Azerbaijan D. shachverdljarensis (78475)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland D. sp. (85572)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Azerbaijan D. sp. (78490)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine (Crimea) D. alpina (22962)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) D. sp. (87081)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Spain D. multitabulata (220703)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Ukraine D. solomkoae (77074 77086)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Spain D. crassisepta (56707)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia D. solomkoae, Clausastrea alloiteaui (89974)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan D. solomkoae (78700)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France D. sp. (65201)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria (Lovech) D. crassisepta (91677 91682)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France D. kaufmanni (65199)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) D. crassisepta (64072)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Azerbaijan D. solomkoae (78699)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) D. xipei (89865)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland D. solomkoae (67124) D. sp. (64118) D. sp., D. solomkoae (67122)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Latimaeandra kaufmanni, Dimorphastrea crassisepta (76998)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece D. crassisepta (60375) D. izvoralbensis (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania D. izvoralbensis (69201)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. crassisepta (94265)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany D. sp. (74193)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Greece D. sp. (64293)