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Lytvolasma canadense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae

Taxonomy
Lytvolasma canadense was named by Fedorowski and Bamber (2001). Its type specimen is GSC 117166 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-10464, Van Hauen Pass, Ellesmere Island (136.6 m), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siltstone in the Degerbols Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Lytvolasma canadense Fedorowski and Bamber p. 48 figs. 8; pl 3, fig 2; pl 5, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderStereolasmatina
familyAntiphyllidae
subfamilyAntiphyllinaeIlina 1970
genusLytvolasmaSoshkina 1925
speciescanadense

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.

Lytvolasma canadense Fedorowski and Bamber 2001
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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 Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Canada (Nunavut) Lytvolasma canadense (107836)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Canada (Nunavut) Lytvolasma canadense (type locality: 107838)