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Complexophyllum leithi

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Complexophyllidae

Taxonomy
Complexophyllum leithi was named by Elias (1981). Its type specimen is GSC 60756 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red River Formation, Selkirk Member, Garson, corals, which is in a Maysvillian/Richmondian open shallow subtidal wackestone/packstone in the Red River Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Complexophyllum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Complexophyllum leithi Elias p. 27 figs. fig. 7a-c, pl. 11, fig. 1-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
superfamilyZaphrenticaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
familyComplexophyllidaeElias 1981
genusComplexophyllum
speciesleithi

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.

Complexophyllum leithi Elias 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Maysvillian to the top of the Richmondian or 450.20000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Complexophyllum leithi (type locality: 28019)