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Foerstephyllinae

Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae

Taxonomy
Foerstephyllinae was named by Hill (1981).

It was assigned to Billingsariidae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Foerstephyllinae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderSarcinulidaSokolov 1950
familyBillingsariidaeOkulitch 1936
subfamilyFoerstephyllinae
subfamilyFoerstephyllinae

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.

Subfm. †Foerstephyllinae Hill 1981
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G. †Foerstephyllum Bassler 1950
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G. †Qianbeilites Ge and YĆ¼ 1974
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: base of the Gisbornian to the top of the Telychian or 458.40000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Foerstephyllum wissleri (175904 175905 175906)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Foerstephyllum sp. (101977)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (Tasmania) Foerstephyllum sp. (2691)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (Qinghai) Foerstephyllum golmudense (80681)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) Foerstephyllum sp. (80005)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Alabama) Foerstephyllum sp. (80602)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation Foerstephyllum sp. (78801)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Foerstephyllum sp. (2685)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Foerstephyllum sp. (101981)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Foerstephyllum halli (26175 26188)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Foerstephyllum halli (55999)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Foerstephyllum halli (325)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Foerstephyllum halli (26192)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Foerstephyllum sp. (45286)
Onnian453.0 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Foerstephyllum sp. (26238)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Foerstephyllum sp. (2686)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Wyoming) Foerstephyllum sp. (35350 35351)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Wisconsin) Foerstephyllum sp. (75744)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Foerstephyllum sp. (72688 72692) Foerstephyllum vacuum (179674 179675 179676 179677 179678)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Foerstephyllum sp. (76903)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Kentucky) Foerstephyllum vacuum (24034)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Shaanxi) Foerstephyllum liquanense (80678)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China Qianbeilites multitabulatus (27773)