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Palaeophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Palaeophyllum Billings
1956Palaeophyllum Hill
1958Palaeophyllum Reiman
1960Paleophyllum Pestana p. 865
1972Palaeophyllum Merriam p. 29
1973Palaeophyllum Merriam pp. 33 - 34
1975Paleophyllum Blazer
1985Palaeophyllum Gierlowski and Langenheim, Jr.
2002Palaeophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStauriinaVerrill 1865
familyStauriidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusPalaeophyllumBillings 1858

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. †Palaeophyllum Billings 1858
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†Palaeophyllum gracile Flower 1961
†Palaeophyllum humei Sinclair 1961
†Palaeophyllum margaretae Flower 1961
†Palaeophyllum radugini Nelson 1963
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Merriam 1972Phaceloid Stauriidae with narrow peripheral stereozone; no dissepiments. Major lamellar septa long and simple, minor septa short; tabulae complete, commonly arched with axial depression. Forms large colonies by lateral increase
C. W. Merriam 1973Phaceloid Stauriidae with narrow peripheral stereozone and no dissepiments. Major septa long and simple, minor septa short; tabulae complete, commonly arched with axial depression. Forms very large colonies by lateral increase.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ordovician to the top of the Ludlow or 486.85000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (104522)
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (109054)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (California) P. sp. (196189 196190 196191)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) P. sp. (104345)
Soudleyan - Actonian458.2 - 453.0Norway P. sp. (34844)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (25319 25320 25321)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.2 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2698)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Northwest Territories) P. pasense (25751) P. sp. (25514) P. sp., P. pasense (25435) P. spp., P. halysitoides (25506)
Onnian453.0 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) P. spp. (26238)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Mongolia (Bayanhongor) P. thomi (79589)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China P. sp. (173372)
Eastonian - Marshbrookian452.3 - 454.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2722)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2661 2747)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (2686)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2699 2754)
Eastonian - Bolindian452.3 - 443.1Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2748)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Texas) P. gracile, P. margaretae, P. cateniforme (80618)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (New Mexico) P. gracile, P. margaretae, P. cateniforme (80619)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) P. halysitoides (13655 13657) P. stokesi (13656) P. stokesi, P. halysitoides (13654)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) P. sp. (34813)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Texas) P. thomi (65148 65152 65155 80617)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Wyoming) P. gracile (65236) P. humei (65235)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) P. halysitoides (27112) P. sp. (188769)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) P. raduguini (169387) P. sp. (109060)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Québec) P. clion (24384)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) P. raduguini (23011 23026) P. stokesi, P. raduguini (23024)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (ZheJiang) P. sp. (7777)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Mongolia P. lebediense, P. crassum, P. patulum (79594) P. lebediense, P. virgultum (79638)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) P. clion (24445)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (XinJiang) P. sp. (20790)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Jiangxi) P. sp. (80138)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan448.8 - 448.8Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (9313)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) P. vaurealensis (80603)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) P. clion (24343 24371 24373)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) P. pasense (26361 26362)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) P. clion (80615)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) P. sp. (439)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Québec) P. clion (24443)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Oslo) P. sp. (159523)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia P. fasciculum (77387)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia (Lääne) P. tubuliferum (174141)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (12938 197360)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (79159) P. umbellicrescens (79160)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) P. oakdalensis (79507) P. sp. (79506)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Ukraine P. fasciculum (23343)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (12424)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (California) P. sp. (79808 229638) P. sp. c (226659)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9China (Guizhou) P. sp. (27900)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.1 - 422.7China (Xinjiang) P. jingheense, P. siluriense (27764)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China P. sp. (61431)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9China (Guizhou) P. sp. (27789)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hubei) P. hubeiensis (27779)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (39227 39228)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Alaska) P. sp. (100930)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) P. multicaule (13054) P. sp. (473)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) P. sp. (79471) P. tubuliferum (79532)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) P. sp. (79734)