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Pycnostylidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Pycnostylidae

Taxonomy
Pycnostylidae was named by Stumm (1953).

It was assigned to Rugosa by Merriam (1972); and to Stauriina by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pycnostylidae Stumm
1972Pycnostylidae Merriam p. 30
1981Pycnostylidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStauriinaVerrill 1865
familyPycnostylidaeStumm 1953
familyPycnostylidaeStumm 1953

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. †Pycnostylidae Stumm 1953
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G. †Cyathopaedium Schlüter 1889
G. †Depasophyllum Grabau 1936
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G. †Fletcherina Lang et al. 1955
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†Fletcherina incognita Oliver 1960
G. †Pycnostylus Whiteaves 1884
G. †Synamplexus Grabau 1922
G. †Thecacristatus Strelnikov 1973
G. †Zelophyllum Wedekind 1927
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: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 440.50000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (California) Zelophyllum sp. (79808 229638)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.1 - 422.7China (Xinjiang) Zelophyllum borohoroshanense (27764)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) Zelophyllum sp. (528)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) Zelophyllum sp. (108317 108320) Zelophyllum sp. w (108315) Zelophyllum sp. w, Zelophyllum sp. (108326)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China (Guizhou) Zelophyllum sp. (27835)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China Zelophyllum sp. (61428)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hubei) Zelophyllum sp. (27832)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Australia (Queensland) Pycnostylus guelphensiformis (39220 39222)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Yunnan) Pycnostylus longiseptatus (27851)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) Zelophyllum sp. (23248) Zelophyllum sp. a, Zelophyllum sp. b (27742)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Pycnostylus sp. (77260)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6China (Guizhou) Zelophyllum intermedium (27786)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7Canada (Manitoba) Pycnostylus guelphensis (26741 26742 26743 26744 26745 26746 26747)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Zelophyllum hogklinti, Zelophyllum intermedium, Zelophyllum spinosum (13592)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Russian Federation Zelophyllum sp. (23498)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Alaska) Zelophyllum sp. (100931)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Mongolia Pycnostylus quelphensis (79684)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Uzbekistan Zelophyllum sp. (24763)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) Pycnostylus sp. (25044)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation Zelophyllum sp. (23759)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Iowa) Pycnostylus sp. (25018 25036)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Australian Capital Territories) Pycnostylus dendroides (25687)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Pycnostylus congregationis (25639)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) Pycnostylidae indet. (229632) Zelophyllum sp. G. (229580)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Mongolia Zelophyllum subdendroideum (79642)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Nei Mongol) Zelophyllum sp. (27903)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (California) Zelophyllum sp. (79807)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Tajikistan Zelophyllum ludlovensis (13977)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Virginia) Zelophyllum spp. (24951)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Pennsylvania) Zelophyllum spp., Fletcherina incognita (24948)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Zelophyllum sp. (79383)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Zelophyllum sp. (81652)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Fletcherina incognita (76277)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Bashkir) Zelophyllum sp. (13941 13955)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Tajikistan Zelophyllum burnakense (13983) Zelophyllum intermedium (13984)
Helderbergian419.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) Zelophyllum sp. (596)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Tajikistan Cyathopaedium paucitabulatum (45790) Pycnostylus sp. (84334)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Tajikistan Zelophyllum fascicularis (45830)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany Cyathopaedium sp. (25364)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Depasophyllum adnetum, Depasophyllum sp. (3845) Depasophyllum sp. (3846)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany Cyathopaedium paucitabulatum (60159 60165) Cyathopaedium sp. (60143 60147 60163)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Depasophyllum tabulatum (76266)