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Palaeacis carinata

Anthozoa - Favositida - Palaeacidae

Taxonomy
Palaeacis carinata was named by Girty (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 158780 (coral) and is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. grandis, P. robusta, P. serrata, P. snideri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Palaeacis carinata Girty p. 190
1915Palaeacis cuneata Snider p. 70 figs. pl. 3 f. 1-6
1969Palaeacis carinata Sando pp. 13 – 14 figs. pl. 1 f. 18-21; pl. 2 f. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyPalaeacidaeRoemer 1883
genusPalaeacisHaime 1857
speciescarinata

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.

†Palaeacis carinata Girty 1910
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Invalid names: Palaeacis cuneata Snider 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Meramecian or 342.90000 to 335.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Palaeacis carinata (76650)