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Rhabdinopora flabelliformis

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae

Taxonomy
Gorgonia flabelliformis was named by Eichwald (1840).

It was recombined as Dictyonema flabelliformis by Brogger (1882); it was recombined as Dictyonema flabelliforme by Bulman (1927); it was recombined as Rhabdinopora flabelliforme by Erdtmann (1982); it was recombined as Dictyograptus flabelliformis by Yu (1985); it was recombined as Rhabdinopora flabelliformis by Cooper et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Gorgonia flabelliformis Eichwald p. 207
1840Gorgonia flabelliformis d'Eichwald p. 207
1882Dictyonema flabelliformis Brogger pp. 31-36 figs. pl. 12, figs. 17- 19
1927Dictyonema flabelliforme Bulman pp. 12-26 figs. pl. 2:3,4; text fig. 13,14
1982Rhabdinopora flabelliforme Erdtmann p. 129
1985Dictyograptus flabelliformis Yu p. 22
1998Rhabdinopora flabelliformis Cooper et al. pp. 12-13 figs. 6c, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderGraptodendroidinaMu and Lin 1981
familyAnisograptidaeBullman 1950
genusRhabdinoporaEichwald 1860
speciesflabelliformis(Eichwald 1840)

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.

†Rhabdinopora flabelliformis Eichwald 1840
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†Dictyonema flabelliforme intermedium Prantl and Přibyl 1949
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Invalid names: Rhabdinopora scitulum Harris and Keble 1928 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhabdinopora flabelliformis typica Brögger 1882 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 15:07:12
Modified: 2009-05-19 07:15:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Lancefieldian or 484.30000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Batyrbaian - Early/Lower Ordovician491.5 - 471.3Russian Federation (Leningrad region) Rhabdinopora flabelliformis (235436)
Pakerort486.85 - 483.8Russian Federation Rhabdinopora multithecata (235844)
Pakerort486.85 - 483.8Estonia Rhabdinopora flabelliformis (191669 204479) Rhabdinopora flabelliformis, Rhabdinopora flabelliformis (204475 204476) Rhabdinopora flabelliformis, Rhabdinopora multithecata (204477)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1United Kingdom Dictyonema flabelliforme (208223 208224 208225 229515 229516 229522)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Sweden (Östergötland) Rhabdinopora flabelliformis (191158)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Dictyonema flabelliforme (105855)
Canadian486.85 - 457.3USA (Utah) Dictyonema flabelliforme (103891 103907)
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1Norway (Naersnes) Dictyonema flabelliforme, Dictyonema parabola, Dictyonema sociale (156957) Dictyonema parabola, Dictyonema sociale (156953 156954 156956) Dictyonema sociale (156952)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1United Kingdom (England) Dictyonema sociale (3711)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia Dictyonema fiabellaforme (3783) Dictyonema flabelliforme (192830)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hunan) Rhabdinopora anglica (210768 210771 210773 210774)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia Dictyonema flabelliforme (8802 8804 8839)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina Dictyonema flabelliforme (9021)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1United Kingdom (Wales) Dictyonema flabelliforme (280)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (La Rioja) Rhabdinopora flabelliformis, Rhabdinopora flabelliforme (42519)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) Dictyonema scitulum (204417 204420)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Dictyonema flabelliforme, Rhabdinopora anglica (103888)