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Antholites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Antholites was named by Davis (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Granulidictyinae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Antholites Davis
1981Antholites Hill
2002Antholites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMicheliniidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
subfamilyGranulidictyinaeWeyer 1970
genusAntholitesDavis 1887

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.

G. †Antholites Davis 1887
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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: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) A. sp. (8983 8991 8994 9016 9028)