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Favosites canadensis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Fistulipora canadensis Billings
1930Favosites canadensis Stauffer pp. 87, 90, 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
speciescanadensis(Billings 1858)

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 canadensis Billings 1858
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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 Givetian or 443.10000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Favosites canadensis (229257 230235)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) Favosites canadensis (9539 9547 9614)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (California) Favosites canadensis (214584)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) Favosites canadensis (9476)