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Cyrtophyllum

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Cyrtophyllidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtophyllum was named by Lindström (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Cyrtophyllum Lindström
1981Cyrtophyllum Hill
2002Cyrtophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyCyrtophyllidaeSokolov 1950
genusCyrtophyllumLindström 1882

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. †Cyrtophyllum Lindström 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:54:32
Modified: 2010-02-09 05:44:22
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wildernessian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Russian Federation (Siberia) C. baragashensis (205559)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (9298)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation C. sp. (78801)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation (Yakutiya) C. sp. (79492 79550)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. pattersoni (26947 26948 26949 26950) C. pattersoni, C. sp. (26957)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. densum, C. lambeiformum (232332)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) C. dengum (204809 204812 204814)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Russian Federation (Siberia) C. samyshiensis, C. karasuensis, C. kaniensis, C. sp. (205662)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. pattersoni (27112)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) C. aspinatum (79494) C. samyshiensis (79552)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation C. samyshiensis, C. kaniensis (78802)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (QingHai) C. sp. (8678)