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Tabulaconus

Anthozoa - Tabulaconida - Tabulaconidae

Taxonomy
Tabulaconus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Tabulaconidae.

It was assigned to Tabulaconida by Scrutton (1997); to Hydroconozoa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tabulaconidae by Rodríguez-Martínez et al. (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Tabulaconus Scrutton p. 195
2002Tabulaconus Sepkoski
2022Tabulaconus Rodríguez-Martínez et al. p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
RankNameAuthor
orderTabulaconidaScrutton 1997
familyTabulaconidaeDebrenne et al. 1987
genusTabulaconus

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Grouping: colonialo
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-28 09:27:04
Modified: 2008-03-28 11:27:04
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Northwest Territories) T. kordeae (49019 49027)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) T. kordeae (49008 49009)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Canada (Northwest Territories) T. kordeae (80960 80961)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Canada (British Columbia) T. kordeae (81083)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (British Columbia) T. kordeae (7797)