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Chaunograptus

Hydrozoa - Hydroida

Taxonomy
Chaunograptus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dendroidea by Bulman (1970); to Graptolithina by Sepkoski (2002), Bambach et al. (2007); and to Thecaphora by Maletz (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Chaunograptus Bulman p. V55
2002Chaunograptus Sepkoski
2007Chaunograptus Bambach et al. p. S83
2014Chaunograptus Maletz p. 523

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderHydroidaJohnston 1836
suborderThecaphora(Fleming 1828)
genusChaunograptus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: Epifaunal suspension feeder (Caron & Jackson, 2008).g
Created: 2009-03-07 17:59:03
Modified: 2009-03-07 20:03:40
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Caron and Jackson 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Edenian or 506.50000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) C. scandens (84426 84428 84430 84431)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) C. sp. (215)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) C. sp. (384)