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Favosites limitaris

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Favosites limitaris Rominger pp. 34 - 36

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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
subfamilyFavositinaeDana 1846
genusFavositesLamarck 1816
specieslimitarisRominger 1876

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.

†Favosites limitaris Rominger 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Silurian to the top of the Eifelian or 443.80000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Favosites limitaris (229251 229257)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Favosites limitaris (9538 9539)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Pennsylvania) Favosites limitaris (232686)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Alaska) Favosites limitaris (112332)