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Disphyllum caespitosum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllum caespitosum was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is the type species of Disphyllum.

It was recombined as Disphyllum caespitosum by Middleton (1959), Brownlaw and Jell (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Cyathophyllum caespitosum Goldfuss
1846Cladocora goldfussi Geinitz p. 569
1935Disphyllum goldfussi Lang and Smith
1959Disphyllum caespitosum Middleton
2008Disphyllum caespitosum Brownlaw and Jell p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDisphyllidaeHill 1939
subfamilyDisphyllinaeHill 1939
genusDisphyllumFromentel 1861
speciescaespitosum(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Cladocora goldfussi Geinitz 1846 [synonym]
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 Silurian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 443.10000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Cyathophyllum caespitosum (229257)
Devonian419.62 - 358.86USA (Alaska) Disphyllum goldfussi (108337)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Disphyllum caespitosum (75683)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Disphyllum caespitosum (78415)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen,) Disphyllum caespitosum (77050)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Disphyllum caespitosum (77049)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Disphyllum caespitosum (235157)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Disphyllum goldfussi (38405)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Asturias) Disphyllum goldfussi (25433)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Disphyllum caespitosum (77073)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15United Kingdom (England) Disphyllum caespitosum (81048)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Vardak) Cyathophyllum caespitosum (84650)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland Disphyllum caespitosum (83032)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Disphyllum caespitosum (82483 82486)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Spain (Asturias) Disphyllum goldfussi (25436)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Germany Disphyllum caespitosum (28047)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Spain (Leon) Disphyllum goldfussi (26849)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) Disphyllum caespitosum (39275 92875 92876 92877 92878)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Disphyllum caespitosum (40713)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Disphyllum caespitosum (25263 39262 39268)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Disphyllum caespitosum (84371)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Novosibirskaya Oblast) Disphyllum caespitosum (84372)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15China (Hunan) Disphyllum caespitosum (40569)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Iran Disphyllum caespitosum (62152)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Disphyllum caespitosum (6260)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium Disphyllum goldfussi (23245)