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Favosites basalticus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Calamopora basaltica was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Favosites basaltica by Walcott (1884); it was recombined as Favosites basalticus by Stauffer (1930), Pohler (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. aberrans, F. aculeatus, F. acutus, F. admirabilis, F. allani, F. alpenensis, F. alpina, F. alpinus, F. altaicus, F. antipertusus, F. arbor, F. arbuscula, F. asper, F. baculus, F. barkolensis, F. basalticaeformis, F. beechensis, F. biloculi, F. bohemicus, F. bohemicus, F. bonus, F. borealis, F. brownsportensis, F. brusnitzini, F. bryani, F. caliaporoides, F. careyi, F. carmeni, F. carmini, F. clarus, F. clelandi, F. coactilis, F. concavotabulatus, F. concentricus, F. conicus, F. constrictus, F. cristatus, F. cronigerus, F. delandi, F. delectus, F. densitabulatus, F. dentistabulatus, F. difformis, F. diffusus, F. discoides, F. discoideus, F. discus, F. divergens, F. duni, F. duplaris, F. effusus, F. eichwaldi, F. eifelensis, F. eifeliensis, F. emmonsi, F. emmonsia, F. epidermatus, F. favosideus, F. favosiformis, F. favosiformis, F. fedotovi, F. fibrilla, F. fibrosus, F. fidelis, F. finitimus, F. fistulosus, F. forbesi, F. forbesi, F. forbesi, F. forbesi, F. forbsei, F. fungites, F. gaspensis, F. goldfussi, F. goodwini, F. gorgosis, F. gotlandicus, F. gracilis, F. graffi, F. gregalis, F. hamiltonae, F. hamiltonensis, F. hamiltoniae, F. helderbergensis, F. hemispericus, F. hemisphericus, F. hidensiformis, F. hillae, F. hirsutus, F. hirtus, F. Hisingerina, F. hispanicus, F. hispidus, F. humilis, F. impeditus, F. inosculans, F. intermedius, F. interstinctus, F. invisus, F. jaivaensis, F. janiensis, F. karpinskyi, F. kennihoensis, F. kennihoensis, F. kogulaensis, F. kojulaensis, F. kolimaensis, F. kovechovi, F. kovechovi, F. kozlovskii, F. kozlowskii, F. kozlowskyi, F. kuklini, F. kunjakensis, F. lichenaroides, F. longliensis, F. lucidus, F. macilentus, F. maillieuxi, F. malungensis, F. medius, F. mercieri, F. mesodevonicus, F. milne-edswardii, F. milneedwardsii, F. minor, F. moeroensis, F. mogoktensis, F. moonbiensis, F. moyeroensis, F. multiformis, F. multiplicatiformis, F. multiplicatus, F. multipora, F. multispinosus, F. mundus, F. murrumbidgeensis, F. nekhoroshevi, F. niagarensis, F. nicholsoni, F. nikiforovae, F. nitidus, F. nodosus, F. notabilis, F. obliquus, F. occidentalis, F. orientalis, F. ottiliae, F. ovaliporis, F. pachymuralis, F. pactum, F. paraforbesi, F. parasiticus, F. patellatus, F. pencolei, F. pirum, F. placenta, F. placentus, F. plurimispinosus, F. polaris, F. polymorphus, F. preplacentus, F. promenens, F. proximatus, F. pseudoforbesi, F. pseudoforbesi, F. pseudoregularissimus, F. pyriforme, F. pyriformis, F. quercus, F. ramiferus, F. ramiformis, F. ramulosus, F. raochaguanensis, F. rectiformis, F. rectus, F. regularis, F. regularissimus, F. relicta, F. robustus, F. rotundituba, F. rzonsnickyae, F. sachaninensis, F. saginatus, F. salebrosus, F. saourensis, F. saurini, F. schirictensis, F. senex, F. shengi, F. shiriktensis, F. sibiricus, F. similis, F. sinuosus, F. sivjuensis, F. socialis, F. spiniferus, F. spinigerus, F. spitiensis, F. squamulus, F. stellaris, F. stellarus, F. stelliformis, F. stepanovi, F. styriacus, F. subgothlandicus, F. sublatus, F. subnitellus, F. subtarejaensis, F. sulcatus, F. tankwanpei, F. tarejaensis, F. tarejaensis, F. terranovae, F. totaensis, F. tschernajaensis, F. tuberosa, F. tuimazaensis, F. turbinatus, F. undulatus, F. vicinalis, F. vilvaensis, F. virgosus, F. volaicus, F. walkomi, F. weissermelli, F. wilsonae, F. yui, F. zhifangensis, F. eifelensis, F. prolificus, F. favositoides, F. favosideri, F. favositoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Calamopora basaltica Goldfuss p. 73 figs. pl. 26 figs. 4C, d
1884Favosites basaltica Walcott p. 100
1930Favosites basalticus Stauffer pp. 87, 90, 98, 101
2002Favosites basalticus Pohler p. 7 figs. Figs. 4 A, B

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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
speciesbasalticus(Goldfuss 1826)

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 basalticus Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. M. Pohler 2002(after LECOMPTE1939): A species of Favosites with subhemispherical coralla and corallites attaining up to 2 mm in diameter. Wall thickness is between 0.14-0.20 mm or more. Mural pores are numerous and arranged mostly in uniserial, rarely in biserial rows. Their diam- eter varies from 0.25-0.35 mm and reaches up to 0.40 mm. Tabulae are numerous and of variable shape, spaced 0.7-0.8 mm apart, (12-14/cm). Septal spines are absent.
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 (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Favosites basalticus (229257 229258 230235)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Favosites basalticus (40706)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Favosites basalticus (24214)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Favosites basalticus (40708)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) Favosites basalticus (9538 9539 9540 9547 9548 9553 9614 9617)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) Favosites basalticus (9476)