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Pseudocystophora wilsoni

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Durhaminidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocystophora wilsoni was named by Stevens (2009). Its type specimen is USNM 531319 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SJS-685, McCloud Reservoir, Klamath Mountains, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the McCloud Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Pseudocystophora wilsoni Stevens p. 8 figs. 8.1-8.4, 8.6, 8.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDurhaminidaeMinato and Kato 1965
genusPseudocystophoraKossovaya 1997
specieswilsoni

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.

†Pseudocystophora wilsoni Stevens 2009
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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 Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (California) Pseudocystophora wilsoni (type locality: 118824)