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Helioplasmolites

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae

Taxonomy
Helioplasmolites was named by Chekhovich (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l S Ludl-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Helioplasmolites Chekhovich
1981Helioplasmolites Hill
2002Helioplasmolites 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
genusHelioplasmolitesChekhovich 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. †Helioplasmolites Chekhovich 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 Telychian to the top of the Lochkovian or 438.60000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) H. sp. (79460 79461)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Anhui) H. minor (27737)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hubei) H. sp. (27779)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) H. sp. (79394)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Mongolia H. nalivkini (79640)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Uzbekistan H. sp. (24763)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia H. wentzeli (14048)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) H. sp. (100898)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Kazakhstan H. sp. (24689)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Tajikistan H. primitivus (45829)