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Pseudozaphrentoides ordinatus

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae

Taxonomy
Pseudozaphrentoides ordinatus was named by Ross and Ross (1962). Its type specimen is YPM 21777 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YPM 37-12, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian marine limestone in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Pseudozaphrentoides ordinatus Ross and Ross p. 1178 figs. Pl 160, figs 9,11,13-15; text-fig 4G, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCaniniinaWang 1950
familyCyathopsidaeDybowski 1873
genusPseudozaphrentoidesShtukenberg 1904
speciesordinatus

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.

†Pseudozaphrentoides ordinatus Ross and Ross 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:40
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Pseudozaphrentoides ordinatus (43527 43587 type locality: 116726 116728)