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Heritschiella girtyi

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Heritschia girtyi was named by Moore and Jeffords (1941). It is the type species of Heritschiella, Heritschia.

It was recombined as Heritschiella girtyi by Minato and Kato (1965), Wilson and Langenheim (1993), Wilson (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Heritschia girtyi Moore and Jeffords p. 98 figs. Pl 4, figs 5-8; pl 7, figs 1,2; pl 8, fig 5
1965Heritschiella girtyi Minato and Kato p. 87
1993Heritschiella girtyi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. p. 940 figs. 4.8-4.10,5.1,5.2
1994Heritschiella girtyi Wilson p. 946 fig. 5.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWaagenophyllinaeWang 1950
genusHeritschiellaMoore and Jeffords 1956
speciesgirtyi(Moore and Jeffords 1941)

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.

Heritschiella girtyi Moore and Jeffords 1941
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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 Artinskian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (California) Heritschiella girtyi (120736 120737 120741)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Heritschiella girtyi (61731)