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Grandalveolites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae

Taxonomy
Grandalveolites was named by Mironova (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Give]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Grandalveolites Mironova
1981Grandalveolites Hill
2002Grandalveolites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyAlveolitidaeDuncan 1872
subfamilyAlveolitinaeDuncan 1872
genusGrandalveolitesMironova 1970

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. †Grandalveolites Mironova 1970
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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: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Hunan) G. straeleni (80272)