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Polycoeliidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Polycoeliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Polycoeliidae Fromentel
1981Polycoeliidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPolycoeliidaeFromentel 1861
familyPolycoeliidaeFromentel 1861

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.

Fm. †Polycoeliidae Fromentel 1861
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G. †Calophyllum Dana 1846
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†Calophyllum angustum Rothpletz 1892
†Calophyllum baytuganense Soshkina 1941
Calophyllum calaba Linnaeus 1753
†Calophyllum columnare von Schlotheim 1813
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Invalid names: Astrocyathus geinitzi Ludwig 1866 [synonym], Cyathaxonia herbsti Ludwig 1869 [synonym], Cyathophyllum plarrei Eisel 1900 [synonym], Cyathophyllum profundum Germar 1842 [synonym], Tetraphyllum profundum Ludwig 1865 [synonym], Zaphrentis callosa Ludwig 1869 [synonym]
†Calophyllum cylindrica Grabau 1931
Calophyllum inophyllum Linnaeus 1753
†Calophyllum longiseptata Grabau 1928
†Calophyllum micron Flügel 1973
†Calophyllum permica Flügel 1973
†Calophyllum punctata Flügel 1973
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Invalid names: Astrocyathus compressus Ludwig 1869 [synonym], Astrocyathus incisus Ludwig 1869 [synonym], Petraia dentalis King 1848 [synonym], Polycoelia gracilis Schindewolf 1942 [synonym], Turbinolia donatiana King 1848 [synonym]
†Calophyllum rhopalotum Yu et al. 1981
Invalid names: Groenlandophyllum Flügel 1973 [synonym], Phryganophyllum de Koninck 1872 [synonym], Polycoelia King 1849 [synonym], Pycnocoelia Schindewolf 1952 [synonym], Tetraphyllum Ludwig 1865 [synonym]
G. †Fedorowskites Chwieduk 2013
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†Fedorowskites zavodovskyi Sokolov 1959
G. †Maichelasma Fomichev 1953
G. †Pentamplexus Schindewolf 1940
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†Pentamplexus minimum Iljina 1965
†Pentamplexus schindewolfi Flügel 1973
Subfm. †Polycoeliinae Fromentel 1861
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G. †Amandaraia Lavrusevich 1968
G. †Calophylloides Ivanovskiy 1976
G. †Empodesma Moore and Jeffords 1945
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†Empodesma sinensis Guo 1983
G. †Gerthia Grabau 1928
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†Gerthia crassa Sokolov 1959
†Gerthia sibirica Sokolov 1959
G. †Huangophyllum Tseng 1948
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G. †Kinkaidia Easton 1945
G. †Pleophyllum Lecompte 1952
G. †Pseudocryptophyllum Easton 1944
G. †Stereocorypha Moore and Jeffords 1945
G. †Svalbardphyllum Fedorowski 1965
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†Svalbardphyllum pachyseptatum Fedorowski 1965
G. †Tetralasma Schindewolf 1942
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G. †Sochkineophyllum Grabau 1928
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Invalid names: Sassendalia Tidten 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Endotheciinae Schindewolf 1942 [empty], Prosmiliinae Ivanovskiy 1973 [empty], Tachylasmatinae Grabau 1928 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Changhsingian or 422.70000 to 251.90200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 419.62 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) Pseudocryptophyllum sp. (528)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Tajikistan Amandaraia prima (78882)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7France Sochkineophyllum sp. (38642)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) Calophyllum sp. (40010) Polycoeliidae indet. (40008)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Egypt Sochkineophyllum sp. (46983)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Türkiye Soshkineophyllum sp. (134297)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Calophyllum sp. (28383)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Kinkaidia trigonalis (76853)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0China (Nei Mongol) Calophyllum sp. (78558)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation (Respublika Barschkortostan) Sochkineophyllum sp. (79418)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain Calophyllum problematicum (67700)
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3China (Nei Mongol) Calophyllum sp., Empodesma sinensis (78562)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Svalbardphyllum pachyseptatum (105234)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xinjiang) Sochkineophyllum sp. (95728)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 283.3Timor-Leste Polycoelia sp., Polycoelia weberi (21163)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation (Komi) Sochkineophyllum lophophylloides (79425)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Polycoelia heintzi (212504)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation (Respublika Komi) Sochkineophyllum schematicum, Sochkineophyllum tenuiseptatum, Sochkineophyllum breve (79493)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Canada (British Columbia) Pentamplexus sp. (112839)
Sarginian285.8 - 283.3Russian Federation Soshkineophyllum artiense (75625)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Polycoelia dobrolyubovae (144256)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation (Respublika Komi) Calophyllum gerthi (79426)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jilin) Calophyllum rhopalotum (121530)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangxi) Huangophyllum symmetricum (100763)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Iran Calophyllum cantabricum (99783) Calophyllum sp., Calophyllum angustum (99780) Calophyllum tenue, Calophyllum cantabricum (99779)
Ufimian277.3 - 274.4Russian Federation (Respublika Komi) Sochkineophyllum breve, Sochkineophyllum artiense (79491)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Nordaustlandet) Sochkineophyllum turgidiseptatum (200383)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Jilin) Pycnocoelia flabelliformis (121528)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iran Calophyllum sp. (107691)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Heilongjiang) Huangophyllum yuquanense, Calophyllum baytuganense (109615)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Nei Mongol) Calophyllum sp. (112668 112669)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Calophyllum profundum (74983)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia Polycoelia angusta (39608)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Maichelasma sp. (109602)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Iran Geinitzella columnaris (211728)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Iran Geinitzella columnaris (211731)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Huangophyllum symmetricum (120748)
Roadian - Changhsingian274.4 - 251.902Iran Pentaphyllum minimum (233584)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Calophyllum baytuganense (109617) Polycoelia cylindrica (109257) Polycoelia longiseptata (109091 109168)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Calophyllum sp. (75816)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Xizang) Calophyllum crassimurale (131048) Calophyllum lhazeensis (131046 131049) Soshkineophyllum xizangensis (131044)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Polycoelia sp. (133736)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Canada (Nunavut) Calophyllum columnare (107834 107842) Soshkineophyllum turgidiseptatum (107839 107840)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Sochkineophyllum shasimotoi (113135)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Geinitzella columnaris (119526 119617)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Pentamplexus minimus (110668 110670 110678 110679) Pentamplexus sp. 1, Pentamplexus minimus (110676) Pentamplexus sp., Pentamplexus minimus (110669)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Armenia Pentamplexus minimus (110750)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation Fedorowskites zavodovskyi (200384)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Svalbard and Jan Mayen Fedorowskites spitsbergensis (200382)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (Durham) Petraia profunda (161505)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Petraia profunda, Calophyllum donatianum (130765)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Hunan) Tetralasma tetraseptatum (109856)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Astrocyathus geinitzi, Calophyllum profundum (208888) Astrocyathus incisus, Astrocyathus compressus (208887) Calophyllum columnare (208880 208881 208884 208885) Calophyllum profundum (208889) Calophyllum quadrifidum (208882 208883) Coralliolites columnaris (117893) Cyathophyllum profundum (118868) Zaphrentis callosa, Cyathaxonia herbsti (208886)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom Caryophillia quadrifida (130870)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Pentaphyllum minimum (107684 107685)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangxi) Tetralasma tetraseptatum (105443)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Canada (Nunavut) Calophyllum columnare (107841) Soshkineophyllum turgidiseptatum (107844)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greenland Calophyllum permica, Calophyllum punctata, Calophyllum micron, Calophyllum teicherti, Calophyllum nodosum, Hapsiphyllum sp., Sinophyllum sp. (108482) Calophyllum punctata, Calophyllum micron, Calophyllum teicherti (108483) Calophyllum punctata, Calophyllum teicherti (108484)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia Polycoelia angusta (132787)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Hornsund) Calophyllum columnare (87548)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Greenland Calophyllum spp. (31424)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Bosnia and Herzegovina Geinitzella columnaris (206739 206741)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Japan (Kyoto) Sochkineophyllum sp. (175043)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Calophyllum qinglongense (112085)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Armenia Pleramplexus minimus (88700)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation Gerthia sibirica, Gerthia crassa, Soshkineophyllum tsaregradskyi, Soshkineophyllum zavodovskyi (131245)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hunan) Calophyllum sp. (120756)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Pleramplexus minimus (118293)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Sochkineophyllum sp. (110499)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Azerbaijan Pentamplexus minimus (110655 110659 110698) Pentamplexus sp. (110692) Pleramplexus minimus (82254 116753)