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Euryphyllum boreale

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae

Taxonomy
Euryphyllum boreale was named by Fedorowski and Bamber (2001). Its type specimen is GSC 117159 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-10460, Van Hauen Pass, Ellesmere Island (52.7 m), which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Degerbols Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Euryphyllum boreale Fedorowski and Bamber p. 38 figs. 4,5; pl 1, figs 1-6; pl 2, figs 3,5, pl 6, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStereolasmatina
familyHapsiphyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusEuryphyllumHill 1937
speciesboreale

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.

†Euryphyllum boreale Fedorowski and Bamber 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-22 08:45:47
Modified: 2007-10-22 10:45:47
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Canada (Nunavut) Euryphyllum boreale (107834 type locality: 107835 107836 107839)