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Dictyofavosites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Dictyofavosites was named by Chernyshev (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Fras-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Dictyofavosites Chernyshev
1981Dictyofavosites Hill
2002Dictyofavosites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
subfamilyFavositinaeDana 1846
genusDictyofavositesChernyshev 1951

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. †Dictyofavosites Chernyshev 1951
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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: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Emsian or 426.70000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Xinjiang) D. rarus (27733)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Canada (Nunavut) D. sp. (63277 63286)
Lochkovian - Emsian419.62 - 393.47Tajikistan D. sp. (76914)
Lochkovian - Zlichovian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Yukon) D. sp. (603)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) D. multitabulatum, D. fedotovi, D. tschernajaensis (84388)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Afghanistan (Ghazni) D. sp. (75095)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Tajikistan D. tschernajaensis (79093)