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Cryptophyllum leptoconicum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Taxonomy
Clisiophyllum leptoconicum was named by Abich (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Araxes Gorge, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in Azerbaijan.

It was recombined as Zaphrentis leptoconica by Arthaber (1900); it was recombined as Pleramplexus leptoconicum by Ilina (1962); it was recombined as Pleramplexus leptoconicus by Teichert and Kummel (1973), Nakazawa et al. (1975); it was recombined as Plerophyllum leptoconicum by Wu (1975); it was recombined as Pentamplexus leptoconicus by Kotlyar et al. (1983); it was recombined as Pentaphyllum leptoconicum by Ezaki (1991); it was recombined as Cryptophyllum leptoconicum by Fedorowski (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Clisiophyllum leptoconicum Abich p. 87 figs. Pl 11, figs 7,7a
1900Zaphrentis leptoconica Arthaber p. 287
1962Plerophyllum clavatum Ilina p. 72 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a-d
1962Plerophyllum dzhulfense Ilina p. 76 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,5
1962Pleramplexus leptoconicum Ilina p. 81 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5
1973Plerophyllum dzhulfense Teichert and Kummel p. 394 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7
1973Pleramplexus leptoconicus Teichert and Kummel p. 395 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2,5,6
1974Plerophyllum dzhulfense Wu and Wang p. 298 figs. Pl 156, figs 12,13
1975Pleramplexus leptoconicus Nakazawa et al. p. 40 figs. Pl 3, figs 2a,b
1975Plerophyllum leptoconicum Wu p. 95 figs. Pl 2, fig 15
1983Pentamplexus leptoconicus Kotlyar et al.
1983Pentaphyllum clavatum Kotlyar et al.
1983Pentaphyllum dzhulfense Kotlyar et al.
1983Pentaphyllum araxense Kropatcheva
1991Pentaphyllum leptoconicum Ezaki p. 68 figs. Pl 5, figs 3,4; pl 6, figs 1-5; pl 7, fig 1; pl 8, figs 1-3
2009Cryptophyllum leptoconicum Fedorowski p. 298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924
genusCryptophyllumCarruthers 1919
speciesleptoconicum()

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.

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Invalid names: Pentaphyllum araxense Kropatcheva 1983 [synonym], Plerophyllum clavatum Ilina 1962 [synonym], Plerophyllum dzhulfense Ilina 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-15 09:17:12
Modified: 2007-11-15 11:17:12
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 274.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Murgabian274.4 - 266.9Iran Pentaphyllum leptoconicum (75771)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Afghanistan Pleramplexus leptoconicus (88397 119244)
Roadian - Changhsingian274.4 - 251.902Iran Pentaphyllum leptoconicum (233584)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Plerophyllum leptoconicum (110537)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Clisiophyllum leptoconicum, Zaphrentis phillipsi, Amplexus cornubovis (232366) Pentamplexus leptoconicus (97229 110670 110717) Pentaphyllum araxense, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110667 110669 110677 110678) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110672 110679 110690 110716) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110666 110671) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus, Pentaphyllum clavatum (110668 110676) Plerophyllum clavatum, Plerophyllum dzhulfense (95630) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (82114 144215)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Armenia Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110771) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110746 110785) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110750) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (113724) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (116778)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Pentaphyllum leptoconicum (107685 107687 107688 107689) Pleramplexus leptoconicus (118233 118267 118271 119077) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (119078)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (98066 121020)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Azerbaijan Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110611) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110659 110705) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110698 110706) Pleramplexus leptoconicus (82254 97207) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (81395 82112 97243 116753 116761) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (116765)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Pleramplexus leptoconicus (119052 119054 119064 119072) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (119070)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Greece Pleramplexus leptoconicus (108325)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Armenia Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110758) Pleramplexus leptoconicus (88700) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (113726 116760 116777)