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Alveolitella

Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Alveolitella Sokolov
1980Alveolitella Iven

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyAlveolitidaeDuncan 1872
subfamilyAlveolitinaeDuncan 1872
genusAlveolitellaSokolov 1952

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.

G. †Alveolitella Sokolov 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Source: subc = subclass
References: Hill 1981, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 419.62000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') A. ramiferus (40698)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam A. crassicaulis (83248) A. polenowi (55348)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Vietnam A. polenowi (83329)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Mongolia A. karmakensis (46032)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco A. sp. (208148)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Vietnam A. polenowi (83258)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. cavernosa (81731 82474)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Vietnam A. fecunda (83288) A. polenowi (83244 83259)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) A. arbuscula (84386) A. polenowi (84384)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany A. fecunda (36682 36683 36684)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland A. fecunda (83080)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Hunan) A. sp. (34987 34988 34990)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) A. densata (80375)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Guizhou) A. densata (84330)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. cavernosa (81727 82225 82227) A. cavernosa, A. schladensis (81733) A. schladensis (81734)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Yakutiya) A. polenowi (83928)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Castilla-León) A. sp. (80708)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Czechia A. rarispinosa (79890)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. cavernosa (82561 82564)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Tajikistan A. fecunda (184352) A. pamirica (184353 184354)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland A. fecunda (82685 83077 83078 83084) A. fecunda, A. polygona (82667)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) A. fecunda (84383)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Alaska) A. sp. (36604)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Vietnam A. densata (83345)