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Palaeofavosites balticus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy

Palaeofavosites balticus was named by Rukhin (1937).

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
1937	Palaeofavosites balticus Rukhin

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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	balticus	Rukhin 1937

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 balticus Rukhin 1937

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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 Juuru to the top of the Raikkula or 443.10000 to 438.80000 Ma

Collections (22 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Lääne-Viru County)	Palaeofavosites balticus (174968)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Tartu)	Palaeofavosites balticus (174991)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Hiiu)	Palaeofavosites balticus (174178)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Järva)	Palaeofavosites balticus (174979)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Rapla)	Palaeofavosites balticus (174980 175024 175025)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Lääne)	Palaeofavosites balticus (174141 175036 195631 195632)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia	Palaeofavosites balticus (174169 174946 174947 174971 175016)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	Estonia (Rapla)	Palaeofavosites balticus (195608)
Llandovery - Wenlock	443.1 - 426.7	Russian Federation	Palaeofavosites balticus (23748)
Raikkula	440.8 - 438.8	Estonia (Tartu)	Palaeofavosites balticus (174994)
Raikkula	440.8 - 438.8	Estonia (Rapla)	Palaeofavosites balticus (175030)
Raikkula	440.8 - 438.8	Estonia (Järva)	Palaeofavosites balticus (175020)
Aeronian	440.5 - 438.6	Russian Federation (Siberia)	Palaeofavosites balticus (205660)