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Dibunophyllum bipartitum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae

Taxonomy
Clisiophyllum bipartitum was named by McCoy (1849). It is not extant. It is the type species of Dibunophyllum.

It was recombined as Dibunophyllum bipartitum by Rodriguez and Falces (1992), Fedorowski et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. castelsecensis, D. hansoni, D. praecursor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Clisiophyllum bipartitum McCoy
1992Dibunophyllum bipartitum Rodriguez and Falces
2012Dibunophyllum bipartitum Fedorowski et al. p. 981 figs. 4.1-4.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderAulophyllina
familyAulophyllidaeDybowski 1873
subfamilyDibunophyllinaeWang 1950
genusDibunophyllumThomson and Nicholson 1876
speciesbipartitum(McCoy 1849)

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.

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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 Asbian to the top of the Bashkirian or 339.90000 to 315.20000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Canada (Nova Scotia) Dibunophyllum bipartitum (239335)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Dibunophyllum bipartitum (5985 5990 5991 5992 5994 5995 76660)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland (Carlow) Dibunophyllum bipartitum (79119)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Algeria Dibunophyllum bipartitum (135031)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Belgium Dibunophyllum bipartitum (10699)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Morocco Dibunophyllum bipartitum (99682 134863 228328)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Dibunophyllum bipartitum (5986)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Carlow) Dibunophyllum bipartitum (79122)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3China (Guizhou) Dibunophyllum bipartitum (134649)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Spain (Andalucia) Dibunophyllum bipartitum (79117)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco Dibunophyllum bipartitum (79393 79396 79399 79404 79405)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4France Dibunophyllum bipartitum (76632)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4China Dibunophyllum bipartitum (234676)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Morocco Dibunophyllum bipartitum (234350 234361 234370 234448 234562 234568)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Algeria Dibunophyllum bipartitum (134935 135030 135032 135033)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Morocco Dibunophyllum bipartitum (224690 224723 234424)