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Errininae

Hydrozoa - Stylasterina - Stylasteridae

Taxonomy
Errininae was named by Hickson (1912). It is extant. Its type is Errina.

It was assigned to Stylasteridae by Bayer et al. (1956).

Subtaxa
Errina (type genus), Pliobothrus, Sporadopora

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Errininae Hickson
1956Errininae Bayer et al. p. F100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderStylasterina
familyStylasteridaeGray 1847
subfamilyErrininaeHickson 1912
subfamilyErrininaeHickson 1912

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.

Subfm. Errininae Hickson 1912
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Pliobothrus grantmackiei Squires 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-08-27 03:49:02
Modified: 2010-02-11 07:06:40
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66France Sporadopora faxensis (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Errina lobata, Sporadopora faxensis (34629)
Waipawan - Bortonian56.0 - 39.1New Zealand Errina sp. (84920)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (Otago) Pliobothrus grantmackiei (85068)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Pliobothrus sp. (56687)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand Sporadopora mortenseni (84909)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58New Zealand Sporadopora marginata (84908)
Mangapanian3.0 - 2.4New Zealand Sporadopora sp. (84910 84911)