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Palaeoporitidae

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Palaeoporitidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoporitidae was named by Kiaer (1899).

It was assigned to Coccoseridicae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Palaeoporitidae Kiaer
1981Palaeoporitidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
superfamilyCoccoseridicaeKiaer 1899
familyPalaeoporitidaeKiaer 1899
familyPalaeoporitidaeKiaer 1899

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. †Palaeoporitidae Kiaer 1899
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G. †Palaeoporites Kiaer 1899
G. †Protrochiscolithus Troedsson 1928
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G. †Trochiscolithus Kiaer 1904
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 Edenian to the top of the Pridoli or 451.00000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Trochiscolithus sp. (2685)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Protrochiscolithus kiaeri (101903)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Protrochiscolithus magnus (26950)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Palaeoporites sp. (2699 2702 2751)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (New Mexico) Protrochiscolithus hembrilloensis (80619)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Protrochiscolithus sp. (34813)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Texas) Protrochiscolithus alemanensis (80617)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Protrochiscolithus cummingi (360)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Protrochiscolithus kiaeri (23011 23018 23026 23037)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Mongolia Palaeoporites sp. (79639)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation Trochiscolithus regidus (78802)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Protrochiscolithus sp. (80613)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) Protrochiscolithus sp. (80603)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Ohio) Palaeoporites sp. (13201)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2China (Sichuan) Palaeoporites sp. (27812)