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Camptolithus

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Plasmoporellidae

Taxonomy
Camptolithus was named by Lindström (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u S Wenl-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Camptolithus Lindström
1981Camptolithus Hill
2002Camptolithus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyPlasmoporellidaeKovalevskiy 1964
genusCamptolithusLindström 1899

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. †Camptolithus Lindström 1899
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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: Silurian or 443.80000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Canada (Quebec) C. papillatus (1136)