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Protrochiscolithus

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Palaeoporitidae

Taxonomy
Protrochiscolithus was named by Troedsson (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-m]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Protrochiscolithus Troedsson
1981Protrochiscolithus Hill
2002Protrochiscolithus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCoccoseridicaeKiaer 1899
familyPalaeoporitidaeKiaer 1899
genusProtrochiscolithusTroedsson 1928

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. †Protrochiscolithus Troedsson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:54:32
Modified: 2010-02-09 05:44:22
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 451.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) P. kiaeri (101903)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) P. magnus (26950)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (New Mexico) P. hembrilloensis (80619)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) P. sp. (34813)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Texas) P. alemanensis (80617)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) P. cummingi (360)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) P. kiaeri (23011 23018 23026 23037)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (80603)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (80613)