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Saffordophyllum crenulatum

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Columnaria crenulata was named by Bassler (1932).

It was recombined as Saffordophyllum crenulatum by Pandolfi (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Columnaria crenulata Bassler figs. Pl. 13, gis. 3, 4
1985Saffordophyllum crenulatum Pandolfi p. 22 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
subfamilyPaleofavositinaeSokolov 1981
genusSaffordophyllumBassler 1950
speciescrenulatum(Bassler 1932)

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. M. Pandolfi 1985Corallites have a mean diameter of 1.4 mm. Walls are severely crenulated with convexities extending as much as 0.3 mm into the tabularia. Small mural pores, 0. 1 mm in diameter, occur at corallite walls and corners, but are not abundant. Short septal ridges occur on the inner corallite walls.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Shermanian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Columnaria crenulata (5351)