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Favosites favosus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Favosites favosus Goldfuss

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
subfamilyFavositinaeDana 1846
genusFavositesLamarck 1816
speciesfavosusGoldfuss 1826

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.

Favosites favosus Goldfuss 1826
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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 Ashgill to the top of the Ludfordian or 449.50000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) Favosites favosus (24215)
Ashgill - Wenlock449.5 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Favosites favosus (188780)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Afghanistan (Vardak) Favosites favosus (79344)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Favosites favosus (12940)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Kentucky) Favosites favosus (13194 13230 13237)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Favosites favosus (79454 79516 79525 79567 79571)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Favosites favosus (78710)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Sweden Favosites favosus (61754 61755)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation Favosites favosus (24773)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Ohio) Favosites favosus (13203)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Favosites favosus (206319)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) Favosites favosus (5676)
Adavere438.8 - 433.5Estonia (Lääne) Favosites favosus (174970 175071)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Favosites favosus (12941 25250 184837 184842)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Favosites favosus (79394 79395)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7Canada (Manitoba) Favosites favosus (26675 26743 26746)
Jaani433.5 - 431.2Estonia (Saare ) Favosites favosus (174949)
Jaani433.5 - 431.2Estonia Favosites favosus (175000 175041)
Jaani433.5 - 431.2Estonia (Saare) Favosites favosus (174959 174983)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Favosites favosus (79397)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Quebec) Favosites favosus (71475)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Favosites favosus (6706)