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Palaeosmiliidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosmiliidae was named by Hill (1940). Its type is Palaeosmilia.

It was assigned to Aulophyllina by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Palaeosmiliidae Hill
1981Palaeosmiliidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderAulophyllina
familyPalaeosmiliidaeHill 1940
familyPalaeosmiliidaeHill 1940

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. †Palaeosmiliidae Hill 1940
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Subfm. †Palaeosmiliinae Hill 1940
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G. †Koninckophyllum Thomson and Nicholson 1876
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†Koninckophyllum arizelum Crickmay 1955
†Koninckophyllum hutianense Yu and Zhu 1988
†Koninckophyllum ingavatae Sugiyama 1981
†Koninckophyllum interruptum Thomson and Nicholson 1876
†Koninckophyllum magnificum Thomson and Nicholson 1876
†Koninckophyllum variabile Semenoff-Tianchansky 1974
G. †Palaeosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Palaeosmilia multiseptata Semenoff-Tian-Chansky 1974
†Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Palaeosmilia ressoti Menchikoff and Hsu 1935
G. †Palastraea McCoy 1851
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†Palastraea planiuscula Wu and Zhao 1989
†Palastraea regia Phillips 1836
†Palastraea weiningensis Wu and Zhao 1989
G. †Qinghaiphyllum Lo 1962
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 Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Capitanian or 365.20000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Palaeosmilia aquisgranense (84307)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Palaeosmilia aquisgranensis (134744)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (California) Koninckophyllum sp. (226747)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Koninckophyllum tortuosum (8733)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9USA (Nevada) Koninckophyllum sp. (5752)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9Mexico (Sonora) Koninckophyllum sp. (5616)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) Koninckophyllum carlyanense, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (5757 5758) Koninckophyllum vesciulosum, Koninckophyllum sp., Palaeosmilia murchisoni (6009) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (41454) Palaeosmilia sp. (5822 5823 5824 5825 5826 5827 5828 5830 5834 5836 5837 5838 5839 5841 5844 5845 5849 5852 5855 5859 5861)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom Palaeosmilia sp. (34568)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Russian Federation Palaeosmilia murchisoni (78780)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) Koninckophyllum cyathophylloidea, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (41451)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) Koninckophyllum sp. (5971)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (6016)
Visean346.7 - 330.3China Koninckophyllum sp. (234668)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Ukraine (Donets) Koninckophyllum sp. (99619)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Thailand Koninckophyllum ingavatae (118845)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Canada (Nova Scotia) Koninckophyllum sp. (239594 239595) Koninckophyllum sp., Koninckophyllum magnificum, Palastraea regia (239335)
Visean346.7 - 330.3China (Xinjiang) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (234331)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Koninckophyllum sp. (6282 6284 6286 6291 6295)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Koninckophyllum sp. (76660) Koninckophyllum sp., Palaeosmilia murchisoni (5985) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (5989 5990 5991 5992 5994 6063 76661) Palaeosmilia regia, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (5995)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco Palaeosmilia murchisoni (79392)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco (Meknes-Tafilalet) Koninckophyllum interruptum (99650) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (99646 99649)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Palaeosmilia sp. (78859)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Spain (Andalucia) Koninckophyllum interrruptum, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (79118)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland (Carlow) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (79119)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Türkiye Palaeosmilia multiseptata (134294)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Koninckophyllum sp. (6954) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (6948 6949)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland Palaeosmilia murchisoni (76710)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (5987)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Morocco Palaeosmilia murchisoni (99679 99682 99684 134863 134932) Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Palastraea regia (228328)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Belgium Koninckophyllum sp. (10699)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Spain (Andalusia) Palastraea regia (134298)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco Koninckophyllum interrruptum (79399) Koninckophyllum interrruptum, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (79404) Koninckophyllum interrruptum, Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Palastraea regia (79396 79405) Koninckophyllum interrruptum, Palaeosmilia regia, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (79393)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3China (Xinjiang) Koninckophyllum sp., Palaeosmilia stutchburyi, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (195848) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (195845) Palaeosmilia sp. (195847) Palaeosmilia sp., Palaeosmilia murchisoni (195864) Palaeosmilia sp., Palaeosmilia stutchburyi, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (195863)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3China (Guizhou) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (134651 134686) Palastraea planiuscula (134695) Palastraea sp. (134649)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Koninckophyllum echinatum, Koninckophyllum magnificum (73392) Koninckophyllum echinatum, Palaeosmilia murchisoni (73420) Koninckophyllum magnificum (73391 73431) Palaeosmilia regia (73393 73396) Palaeosmilia regia, Koninckophyllum interruptum (73399) Palaeosmilia regia, Palaeosmilia stutchburyi, Koninckophyllum magnificum (73394)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland Palastraea regia (34833)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Spain (Andalucia) Koninckophyllum interrruptum, Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Palastraea regia (79117)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Carlow) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (79120 79122)
Brigantian - Serpukhovian335.9 - 323.4Russian Federation Koninckophyllum sp., Palaeosmilia murchisoni (78798)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (England) Koninckophyllum echinatum, Palaeosmilia regia (73467)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Spain (Andalucia) Koninckophyllum interruptum (76855)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4China (Guizhou) Palastraea weiningensis (134701)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4France Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Koninckophyllum magnificum (76632) Palaeosmilia sp., Palastraea sp. (50810)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Morocco Koninckophyllum interruptum, Koninckophyllum magnificum (234350) Koninckophyllum magnificum (234448) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (224732 234562) Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Koninckophyllum magnificum (234568) Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Palastraea regia (234374 234376)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Japan Koninckophyllum nipponalpinum, Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Koninckophyllum interruptum (49720)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Koninckophyllum sp., Koninckophyllum interruptum (78867)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4China Palaeosmilia murchisoni (234676)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Algeria Koninckophyllum interruptum (135033) Koninckophyllum interruptum, Koninckophyllum variabile (135338) Koninckophyllum magnificum (135032) Koninckophyllum sp. (135339) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (135029) Palaeosmilia sp. (135341)
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.3 - 315.2Morocco Palaeosmilia murchisoni (234566)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Canada (Nunavut) Palaeosmilia murchisoni (135685)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Morocco Koninckophyllum interruptum (224723) Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Palastraea regia, Palaeosmilia ressoti (224690)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Algeria Koninckophyllum interruptum (134938)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Jiangxi) Koninckophyllum minor, Koninckophyllum hutianense (121531)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Jiangxi) Koninckophyllum caninophylloidea (121723) Koninckophyllum sp. (121536)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Nei Mongol) Koninckophyllum sp. (112649)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Palaeosmilia sp. (125030)