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Parisididae

Anthozoa - Gorgonacea - Parisididae

Taxonomy
Parisididae was named by Aurivillius (1931).

It was assigned to Gorgonacea by Squires and Demetrion (1992).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Parisididae Aurivillius
1992Parisididae Squires and Demetrion p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderGorgonaceaLamouroux 1816
familyParisididaeAurivillius 1931
familyParisididaeAurivillius 1931

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.

Fm. †Parisididae Aurivillius 1931
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Parisis batequensis Squires and Demetrion 1992
Parisis brevis d'Achiardi 1868
Parisis erratica Voigt 1958
Parisis melitensis Goldfuss 1827
Parisis miranda Pocta 1887
Parisis steenstrupi Nielsen 1913
Parisis vertebralis Hennig 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:09:29
Modified: 2009-05-12 00:09:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Altonian or 99.60000 to 15.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Ukraine Parisis miranda (77088)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Kazakhstan Parisis sp. 3, Parisis sp. 4, Parisis erratica, Parisis vertebralis (86752)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Isis vertebralis (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Turkmenistan Parisis melitensis (86800) Parisis steenstrupi, Parisis melitensis (86697)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) Parisis sp. 2 (86698)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Krym) Parisis sp. (77071)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Parisis batequensis (5496)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Parisis dachiardii (34481)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Parisis brevis (10703 10963)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Tonga Parisis sp. (70950)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Somalia Isis brevis (123834)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Parisis brevis (69949)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Parisis hamiltoni (85532)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Parisis fruticosa (85527 85528 85529)