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Aemulophyllum exiguum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae

Taxonomy
Heliophyllum exiguum was named by Billings (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rama's Farm, near Port Colborne, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Moorehouse Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Aemulophyllum.

It was recombined as Aemulophyllum exiguum by Stumm (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Heliophyllum exiguum Billings p. 261 figs. 9-10
1964Aemulophyllum exiguum Stumm p. 23 figs. pl. 12 f. 24-26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCyathophyllinaNicholson 1889
familyZaphrentidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusAemulophyllumOliver 1958
speciesexiguum()

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.

†Aemulophyllum exiguum Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Aemulophyllum exiguum (40039)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Heliophyllum exiguum (231732)