Biology:Diploctenium

Short description: Extinct genus of corals

Diploctenium Temporal range: Cretaceous - Paleocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Diploctenium ferrumequinum. Salzburg, Haus der Natur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Faviina
Family:	Meandrinidae
Genus:	Diploctenium† Goldfuss 1827

Diploctenium is an extinct genus of stony corals belonging to the family Meandrinidae.

Fossils of Diploctenium species

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous to the Paleocene (from about 89.3 to 61.7 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus can be found in Austria, Croatia, France , Georgia, the Netherlands, Oman, Spain and in the United Arab Emirates.

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Diploctenium affine †
• Diploctenium arnaudi †
• Diploctenium corbariensis †
• Diploctenium cordatum †
• Diploctenium crassicostatum†
• Diploctenium cureti †
• Diploctenium enigma †
• Diploctenium epagnacensis †
• Diploctenium ferrumequinum †
• Diploctenium gracile †
• Diploctenium Jacobi †
• Diploctenium lamellosum †
• Diploctenium lunatum †
• Diploctenium lutaudi †
• Diploctenium matheroni †
• Diploctenium mixtum †
• Diploctenium parvum †
• Diploctenium petrocoriensis †
• Diploctenium plumum †
• Diploctenium provincialis †
• Diploctenium simplex †
• Diploctenium subcirculare †
• Diploctenium toucasi †
• Diploctenium uxacalcensis †

External links

• Granada Natural)

Wikidata ☰ Q96376404 entry