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Palaeofavosites schmidti

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy

Palaeofavosites schmidti was named by Sokolov (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. acerbus, P. argutus, P. asper, P. borohoroensis, P. capax, P. elegans, P. forbesiformes, P. hanhsiensis, P. ivanovi, P. moribundus, P. okulitchi, P. prolificus, P. rajkulensis, P. sinensis, P. turukhanicus, P. zhenganensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1951	Palaeofavosites schmidti Sokolov

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Tabulata	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
order	Favositida	Wedekind 1937

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Favositina	Wedekind 1937
superfamily	Favositoidea	(Dana 1846)
family	Favositidae	Dana 1846
genus	Palaeofavosites	Twenhofel 1914
species	schmidti	Sokolov 1951

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.

†Palaeofavosites schmidti Sokolov 1951

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitesubc

Locomotion:

stationarysubc

Attached:

yessubc

Life habit:

epifaunalsubc

Diet:

suspension feedersubc

Diet 2:

photosymbioticsubc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-27 16:54:11

Modified:

2004-02-28 16:53:41

Source: subc = subclass, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Vormsi to the top of the Adavere or 449.90000 to 433.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Vormsi	449.9 - 449.5	Estonia (Hiiu)	Palaeofavosites schmidti (87306)
Pirgu	449.5 - 445.2	Estonia (Lääne)	Palaeofavosites schmidti (163067)
Pirgu	449.5 - 445.2	Estonia	Palaeofavosites schmidti (174075 174078 174079 174945 175048 175065)
Porkuni	445.2 - 443.1	Estonia (Lääne-Virumaa)	Palaeofavosites schmidti (174122)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Lääne-Viru County)	Palaeofavosites schmidti (174968 175022 175064)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia	Palaeofavosites schmidti (174099 174946 174971 175016 175069 175072)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Lääne)	Palaeofavosites schmidti (174141 174969)
Adavere	438.8 - 433.5	Estonia (Tartu)	Palaeofavosites schmidti (174987)