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Acanthophyllum heterophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllum heterophyllum was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851). It is not extant. It is the type species of Acanthophyllum.

It was recombined as Acanthophyllum heterophyllum by Coen-Aubert (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Cyathophyllum heterophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 367 figs. pl. 10, figs 1, 1a-b
2017Acanthophyllum heterophyllum Coen-Aubert p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPtenophyllinaWedekind 1927
familyPtenophyllidaeWedekind 1923
genusAcanthophyllumDybowski 1873
speciesheterophyllum(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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.

Acanthophyllum heterophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 413.02000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (81750 81793 81796)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (81790 81794 81797)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (81802)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Spain (Leon) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (26394)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (England) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (81012)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (79636)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belgium (Namur) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (70367)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Castilla-León) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (80591)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Mauritania (Tiris Zemmour) Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (236755)