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Palaeacis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Palaeacidae

Taxonomy
Palaeacis was named by Haime (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Step-l]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Palaeacis Haime
1981Palaeacis Hill
2002Palaeacis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyPalaeacidaeRoemer 1883
genusPalaeacisHaime 1857

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. †Palaeacis Haime 1857
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†Palaeacis carinata Girty 1910
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Invalid names: Palaeacis cuneata Snider 1915 [synonym]
†Palaeacis cuneiformis Haime 1857
†Palaeacis regularis Gerth 1922
†Palaeacis tubifer Gerth 1922
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 Ivorian to the top of the Arundian or 353.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) P. enormis (6734)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Idaho) P. sp. (12790)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (76486)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany P. sp. (64669 64671)
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland P. sp. (76515)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Utah) P. sp. (560)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) P. enormis (6914)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) P. sp. (557)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) P. enormis (6915 6917 6918 6919 6920 6922 6923)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) P. cuneiformis (40008 40009 145013 145014) P. grandis, P. robusta, P. serrata (40010)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Egypt P. snideri (46983)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) P. carinata (76650)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) P. cuniformis (2780)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Idaho) P. cuneiformis (12868 12869)