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Sarcinula

Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae

Taxonomy
Sarcinula was named by Lamarck (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-m]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Syringophyllinae by Murray (1985); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Sarcinula Lamarck
1985Sarcinula Murray p. 32
2002Sarcinula Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderSarcinulidaSokolov 1950
familySyringophyllidaeRoemer 1883
subfamilySyringophyllinaeRoemer 1883
genusSarcinulaLamarck 1816

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. †Sarcinula Lamarck 1816
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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 Vormsi to the top of the Late/Upper Ordovician or 449.90000 to 443.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Alaska) S. sp. (100892)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) S. sp. (25506 25751)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) S. sp. (101900)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (NingXia) S. sp. (20761)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) S. sp. (153816)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China S. guyuanensis (193282)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan (Abai) S. terbagataica (235976)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Lääne) S. sp. (195643 195644)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Nei Mongol) S. kiangsiensis (80687)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Ningxia) S. sp. (8544)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) S. sp. (439)