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Esthonia

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae

Taxonomy
Esthonia was named by Sokolov (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-m].

It was assigned to Heliolitidae by Bolton (1977); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Esthonia Sokolov p. 77
1977Esthonia Bolton
2002Esthonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyHelioliticaeLindström 1876
familyHeliolitidaeLindström 1876
genusEsthoniaSokolov 1955

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. †Esthonia Sokolov 1955
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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 Edenian to the top of the Maysvillian or 451.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) E. sp. (2725)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) E. sp. (26943)