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Actinophrentis columnare

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae

Taxonomy
Actinophrentis columnare was named by Fedorowski (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 196727 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM706x, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian marine limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Actinophrentis columnare Fedorowski p. 39 figs. 8:1,2; pl 3, figs 1,2,5,6; pl 4, figs 8,9,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderStereolasmatina
familyAntiphyllidae
subfamilyAntiphyllinaeIlina 1970
genusActinophrentisIvanovskiy 1967
speciescolumnare

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.

Actinophrentis columnare Fedorowski 1987
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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 Kungurian or 298.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation Actinophrentis columnare (110577)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Actinophrentis columnare (43468 43474 43475 43509 type locality: 43556)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Actinophrentis columnare (75923)