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Favosites hemispherica

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Calamopora hemispherica Troost p. 72
1884Favosites hemispherica Walcott p. 100
1930Favosites hemispherica Stauffer pp. 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 95, 96, 101

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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
specieshemispherica(Troost 1840)

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 hemispherica Troost 1840
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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 Middle Devonian or 443.80000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Favosites hemispherica (229251 229253 229257 229258 229259 230235)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (California) Favosites hemispherica (214584)