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Smythina

Anthozoa - Favositida - Palaeacidae

Taxonomy
Smythina was named by Weyer (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Smythina Weyer
1981Smythina Hill
2002Smythina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyPalaeacidaeRoemer 1883
genusSmythinaWeyer 1970

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. †Smythina Weyer 1970
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available