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Billingsaria

Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae

Taxonomy
Billingsaria was named by Okulitch (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde O Ashg-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Billingsariinae by Hill (1981); to Syringophyllidae by Percival et al. (2001); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Billingsaria Okulitch
1981Billingsaria Hill
2001Billingsaria Percival et al.
2002Billingsaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderSarcinulidaSokolov 1950
familyBillingsariidaeOkulitch 1936
subfamilyBillingsariinaeOkulitch 1936
genusBillingsariaOkulitch 1936

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. †Billingsaria Okulitch 1936
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Billingsaria parvituba Troedsson 1928
Billingsaria spissa Percival et al. 2001
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 Early/Lower Llandeilo to the top of the Maysvillian or 461.10000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) B. parva (63297 80821)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) B. parva (45281 80829) B. sp. (307 311 422 435 175234 175240)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Virginia) B. parva (80836)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) B. sp. (306 308)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) B. sp. (103298)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) B. lepida (206302)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) B. lepida (9295)
Gisbornian - Darriwilian458.2 - 458.2Australia (New South Wales) B. spissa (119706)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation B. sp. (78801)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.2 - 449.0Australia (Tasmania) B. sp. (2685)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) B. parvituba (26950)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) B. sp. (205626)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) B. sp. (2686)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) B. sp. (2707)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) B. parvituba (26943)