Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Volzeia subdichotoma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Volzeiidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron subdichotomum was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Rhabdophyllia subdichotoma by de Fromentel (1861); it was recombined as Cladophyllia subdichotoma by Laube (1865), Ogilvie Gordon (1927); it was recombined as Thecosmilia subdichotoma by Volz (1896), Arthaber (1915); it was recombined as Retiophyllia subdichotoma by Xia and Liao (1986); it was recombined as Volzeia subdichotoma by Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Lithodendron subdichotomum Münster p. 33 figs. Pl 2, fig 3
1861Rhabdophyllia subdichotoma de Fromentel p. 139
1865Cladophyllia subdichotoma Laube p. 38 figs. Pl 4, fig 2
1896Thecosmilia subdichotoma Volz
1915Thecosmilia subdichotoma Arthaber
1927Cladophyllia subdichotoma Ogilvie Gordon
1986Retiophyllia subdichotoma Xia and Liao
1994Volzeia subdichotoma Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyVolzeiidaeBeauvais 1980
genusVolzeiaCuif 1966
speciessubdichotoma()

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.

Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Rhaetian or 244.24000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Hungary Thecosmilia subdichotoma (81050)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Thecosmilia subdichotoma (204511)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy (South Tyrol) Cladophyllia subdichotoma (205139)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Austria (Kärnten) Thecosmilia subdichotoma (81063)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Tajikistan Volzeia subdichotoma (36694 81064)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Lithodendron subdichotomum (137429) Retiophyllia subdichotoma (38164) Thecosmilia subdichotoma (34691 69651)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Volzeia subdichotoma (36535)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Russian Federation (Primorye) Volzeia subdichotoma (57017)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Volzeia subdichotoma (36691)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Retiophyllia subdichotoma (38160 38161 38162 38163 38166)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7China (Xizang) Retiophyllia subdichotoma (85520)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece Volzeia subdichotoma (38018)
Lacian - Alaunian227.3 - 211.18United Arab Emirates Thecosmilia subdichotoma (85019)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Timor-Leste Thecosmilia subdichotoma (21166)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4United Arab Emirates Thecosmilia subdichotoma (101399)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Retiophyllia subdichotoma (36450)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Thecosmilia subdichotoma (36807)