Diploctenium

{{Short description|Extinct genus of corals}}

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{{Taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|89.3|61.7|Cretaceous - Paleocene}}

| name = Diploctenium

| image = Diploctenium ferrumequinum, Salzburg, Haus der Natur. Salzburg 2000, Haus der Natur-053.jpg

| image_caption = Fossil of Diploctenium ferrumequinum. Salzburg, Haus der Natur

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Cnidaria

| classis = Anthozoa

| ordo = Decapoda

| subordo = Faviina

| familia = Meandrinidae

| genus = Diploctenium

| genus_authority = Goldfuss 1827

| synonyms =

}}

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

File: Diploctenium sp.3 - Cretacico.JPG

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:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6371 Fossilworks]

  • 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

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