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Pulchrilamina

Pulchrilaminida - Pulchrilaminidae

Taxonomy
Pulchrilamina was named by Toomey and Ham (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren O Llvi]. It is the type genus of Pulchrilaminidae.

It was assigned to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pulchrilaminidae by Stearn et al. (1999), Webby (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Pulchrilamina Toomey and Ham
1999Pulchrilamina Stearn et al.
2002Pulchrilamina Sepkoski
2015Pulchrilamina Webby p. 838

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
orderPulchrilaminidaWebby 2012
RankNameAuthor
familyPulchrilaminidaeWebby 1993
genusPulchrilaminaToomey and Ham 1967

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.

G. †Pulchrilamina Toomey and Ham 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2004-02-27 17:00:59
Modified: 2022-12-08 20:54:08
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Llanvirn or 486.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. sp. (80769)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Oklahoma) P. spinosa (80100 80102)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) P. spinosa (61726 61727 61728)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina (San Juan) P. sp. (8743)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0USA (Texas) P. spinosa (80082)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. sp. (80772 80774)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (80092) P. spinosa (80094)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. sp. (45283)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. sp. (80004)