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Graphularia

Anthozoa - Pennatulacea

Taxonomy
Graphularia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Octocorallia by Wienrich (1997); and to Pennatulacea by Sepkoski (2002), Kiessling (2009), Goedert et al. (2022).

Species
G. longissima, G. quadrata, G. robinae, G. salisburgensis, G. sasai, G. wetherelli
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. ambigua, G. beyrichi, G. groenwalli, G. gronwalli
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Graphularia Wienrich p. 87
2002Graphularia Sepkoski
2009Graphularia Kiessling
2022Graphularia Goedert et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderPennatulacea
genusGraphularia

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.

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†Graphularia longissima Squires 1958
†Graphularia quadrata Voigt 1958
†Graphularia robinae McCoy 1877
†Graphularia sasai Yabe 1955
†Graphularia wetherelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Comments: ECOSPACE CODE: 261g
Created: 2009-10-09 13:37:43
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:51
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 72.20000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) G. sp. (85272 85273 85274)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands G. sp. (3123 32177)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands G. sp. (32162)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine G. quadrata (77096)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) G. sp. (85266)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt G. sp. (86950)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Ukraine (Krym) G. quadrata (77071)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) G. sp. (2855)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark G. gronwalli (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) G. groenwalli (87001)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) G. sp. (85275)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands G. sp. (3122)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) G. salisburgensis (84335)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) G. ambigua (3113 124965 124966)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) G. sp. (3262) G. wetherelli (3259)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) G. wetherelli (8025 8050 76601)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) G. wetherelli (42636 42644)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) G. wetherelli (42643 42662)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand G. longissima (89074)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Australia (South Australia) G. sp. (45823)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (Otago) G. longissima (85548)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (South Otago) G. robinae (45653)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) G. robinae (176279)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand G. longissima (67855)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand G. longissima (89072)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand (Dannevirke) G. sp. (35651)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) G. beyrichi (61897 61898)