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Pleurodictyum subramosum

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurodictyum subramosum was named by Easton et al. (1958). Its type specimen is USNM 127940 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hill, 2.2 km WNW of Bisani, which is in a Kinderhookian/Osagean shallow subtidal limestone/chert in the Represo Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Pleurodictyum subramosum Easton et al. p. 37 figs. Plate I, figures 15, 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMicheliniidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
subfamilyMicheliniinaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
genusPleurodictyumGoldfuss 1829
speciessubramosum

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.

Pleurodictyum subramosum Easton et al. 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Osagean or 358.86000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9Mexico (Sonora) Pleurodictyum subramosum (type locality: 5616)