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Heliolites

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae

Taxonomy
Heliolites was named by Dana (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Heliolitidae.

It was assigned to Heliolitidae by Dixon (1998); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Heliolites Dana
1998Heliolites Dixon
2002Heliolites 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
genusHeliolitesDana 1846

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. †Heliolites Dana 1846
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†Heliolites barrandei Penecke 1887
†Heliolites occidentales Stauffer 1930
†Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826
†Heliolites waicunensis Lin and Chow 1977
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 Soudleyan to the top of the Middle Famennian or 458.20000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (382 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) H. interstinctus (24231) H. megastoma, H. interstinctus (24236)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (2714 2715 2717 2750)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) H. sp. (8533)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China H. sp. (91572)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.2 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (2698)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (NingXia) H. sp. (20761)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (XinJiang) H. sp. (20785)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1China (Guizhou) H. spinosus, H. wudangensis, H. huanghuachongensis (27781)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (XinJiang) H. sp. (8579)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) H. sp. (153816)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Hunan) H. porosus (80272)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) H. sp. (77756)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) H. sp. (77744)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Italy H. sp. (84302)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Morocco (Sahara) H. sp. (79496 79555)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Western Sahara H. porosus (81292)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland H. porosus (82739)
Late/Upper Givetian - Frasnian383.4 - 372.15Germany H. porosus (60179)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain H. sp. (27608 27609 27610)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Morocco H. sp. (176212)