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Catenipora

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Catenipora Lamarck
1966Catenipora Klaamann
1972Halysites (Catenipora) Merriam pp. 15, 16
1985Catenipora Murray p. 36
2002Catenipora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHalysitinaSokolov 1947
familyHalysitidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
subfamilyCateniporinaeHamada 1957
genusCateniporaLamarck 1816

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. †Catenipora Lamarck 1816
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Catenipora aequabilis Teichert 1937
Catenipora arctica Tchernychev 1941
Catenipora capilliformis Volkova et al. 1978
Catenipora chillagoensis Etheridge 1904
Catenipora clausa Webby 1977
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Invalid names: Quepora dubia Deng 1999 [synonym], Quepora mesodictyoporulosa Deng 1999 [synonym]
Catenipora copulata Klaamann 1966
Catenipora crassaeformis Hubmann 1992
Catenipora delicatulus Wilson 1926
Catenipora elegans Fischer-Benzon 1871
Catenipora escharoides Lamarck 1816
Catenipora foerstei Nelson 1963
Catenipora gotlandica Yabe 1915
Catenipora gracilis Hall in Foster and Whitney 1851
Catenipora huronensis Teichert 1937
Catenipora irregularis Teichert 1937
Catenipora maxima Fischer-Benzon 1871
Catenipora microporus Whitfield 1882
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Invalid names: Halysites fieldeni Etheridge 1878 [synonym]
Catenipora minimus Tcherneychev 1937
Catenipora nicholsoni Kiaer 1929
Catenipora obliqua Fischer-Benzon 1871
Catenipora panga Klaamann 1961
Catenipora pulchellus Wilson 1926
Catenipora quadrata Fischer-Benzon 1871
Catenipora quebecensis Lambe 1899
Catenipora rassmusseni Teichert 1937
Catenipora robusta Wilson 1926
Catenipora rubraeformis Klaamann 1966
Catenipora sapporiensis Shimizu et al. 1934
Catenipora septosa Klaamann 1959
Catenipora sheehani Pandolfi 1985
Catenipora sindoensis Shimizu et al. 1934
Catenipora tapaensis Sokolov 1951
Catenipora tractabilis Sokolov 1951
Catenipora vespertina Klaamann 1961
Catenipora workmanae Flower 1961
Catenipora wrighti Klaamann 1965
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 Ordovician to the top of the Gorstian or 486.85000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections (296 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3USA (Nevada) C. sp. (104522)
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (109066)
Middle Ordovician - Richmondian471.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (109061)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (101977) Halysites aequabilis (24231) Halysites gracilis (24229)
Middle Ordovician - Silurian471.3 - 419.62Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (109062 109069)
Middle Ordovician - Silurian471.3 - 419.62Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25528)
Harnagian - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) C. sp. (8534)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) C. sp. (8533)
Soudleyan - Actonian458.2 - 453.0Norway C. sp. (34844)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25319 25320 25321)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) C. sp. (79527)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Alaska) C. sp. (100912 100930)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) C. sp. (25044)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Xinjiang) C. sp. (27754)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Sichuan) C. sp. (27877)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Norway C. sp. (14272 14273 14317)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Türkiye (Istanbul) C. minuta, C. crassaeformis (79354)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Mongolia C. sp. (79648)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) C. sp. (100901)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) Halysites sp. (79735 229628 229632)