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Saffordophyllum

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Saffordophyllum was named by Bassler (1950).

It was assigned to Nyctoporinae by Klaamann (1966); to Paleofavositinae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. crenulatum, S. grande, S. newcombae
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. portagechutense, S. sibiricum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Saffordophyllum Bassler
1966Saffordophyllum Klaamann
1981Saffordophyllum Hill
2002Saffordophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
subfamilyPaleofavositinaeSokolov 1981
genusSaffordophyllumBassler 1950

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. †Saffordophyllum Bassler 1950
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†Saffordophyllum grande Sokolov 1951
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 Shermanian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1USA (Alaska) S. sp. (100884 100891)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) S. sp. (2708)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation S. sp. (78801)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Columnaria crenulata (5351)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Estonia S. grande (166047)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Texas) S. newcombae (80618)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) S. portagechutense (13654 13655 13656)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) S. sp. (34813)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) S. newcombae (28019)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) S. franklini (10389)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) S. goldfussi (192338)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) S. floweri (179674)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) S. churchillensis (360)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Nevada) S. sp. (78053)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) S. sp. (79553)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Chukotka) S. sibiricum (80675)