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Sapounofouskilites minimus

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae

Taxonomy
Armalites minimus was named by Nowinski (1992) [= 1992 Roemerolites lublinensis Stasin´ ska and Nowinski; Nowinski, p. 188. = 2003 Roemerolites lublinensis Stasinska and Nowinski; Nowinski, p. 130, pl. 70 fig. 4, pl. 71, fig. 1.]. Its type specimen is ZPAL T.18-14 ⁄ 34; T.25 J094–096 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jazwica Quarry (Lgawa Hill), units P-R, Holy Cross Mountains, which is in a Frasnian slope limestone in Poland. It is the type species of Sapounofouskilites.

It was recombined as Sapounofouskilites minimus by Zapalski (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Armalites minimus Nowinski
2012Sapounofouskilites minimus Zapalski pp. 70 - 71 fig. 25A–K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familySyringoporidaeFromentel 1864
genusSapounofouskilites
speciesminimus()

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.

Sapounofouskilites minimus Nowinski 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Diet 2: photosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:51:13
Modified: 2009-04-13 12:51:13
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland Armalites minimus (type locality: 61840)