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Squameofavosites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Squameofavosites Chernyshev
1981Squameofavosites Hill
2002Squameofavosites Sepkoski
2004Squameofavosites Kiessling

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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
subfamilyEmmonsiinaeLecompte 1952
genusSquameofavositesChernyshev 1941

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. †Squameofavosites Chernyshev 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Source: subc = subclass
References: Hill 1981, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Givetian or 425.00000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (146 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) Favosites squamuliferus (10191)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Xinjiang) S. sp. (27766)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Sichuan) S. diformis, S. gurjevskiensis (27805)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation S. sp. (23637)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Sichuan) S. gurjevskiensis, S. diformis (27806)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Ukraine S. incredibilis (79781)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Yunnan) S. sp. (27771 27796)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Ukraine S. incredibilis (23427)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Xinjiang) S. hejiangites (27733) S. sp. (27729 27875)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Russian Federation S. isfaraensis (60287)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Ukraine (Podolia) S. incredibilis (229365)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62Kazakhstan S. uralensis (13970)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Russian Federation S. fungites, S. favositiformis (23643) S. sp. (23640 24746 24747)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Tajikistan S. argensis (169307 169308) S. russanovi, S. bohemicus, S. thetidis (13977)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Kazakhstan S. gurievskiensis (13973)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Tajikistan S. argensis, S. singularis (45839)
Pridoli - Early/Lower Devonian422.7 - 393.47South Pacific S. squamuliferus (209804)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Ukraine S. bohemicus (23488)
Gedinnine419.62 - 413.02Mongolia S. uralensis (79693)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Tajikistan S. bohemicus (13980 13984) S. bohemicus, S. argensis, S. hyperboreus (45789) S. bohemicus, S. thetidis (13978) S. hyperboreus (45840) S. sp. (24739) S. thetidis (13979 13981)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Kazakhstan S. sp. (24743)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation S. sokolovi (13966) S. sp. (24738)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Jilin) S. sp. (27746 27748)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) S. bohemicus (81791) S. sokolovi (81749)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Russian Federation S. sp. (24737)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Vietnam S. cechicus, S. brusnitzini, S. sp., S. baolacensis, S. vanchieni, S. sokolovi, S. delicatus (83318) S. kolymensis (83247)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Australia (Queensland) S. sp. (40014)
Lochkovian - Emsian419.62 - 393.47Tajikistan S. singularis (169312) S. sp. (76914)
Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia S. sp. (10470)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia Squameofavosites indet. (12148)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam (Kon Tum) S. spongiosus (75084)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Tajikistan S. bohemicus (13985)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') S. arcticus (40701) S. frequens, S. arcticus (40700)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam S. cechicus, S. brusnitzini, S. russanovi, S. obliquespinus, S. nitidus, S. baolacensis, S. alveosquamatus, S. delicatus, S. enormis, S. thetedis, S. vanchieni (83248) S. cechicus, S. kolymensis, S. attenuatus, S. brusnitzini (83291) S. vanchieni, S. cechicus, S. bohemicus (83260) S. vanchieni, S. spongiosus, S. baolacensis, S. obliquespinus (55348)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) S. obtusispinosus (84388)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Spain (Palencia) S. cechicus (121804 121807)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) S. frequens (81649 81654)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) S. frequens (81750)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Australia (Victoria) Favosites squamuliferus (10121 10122 10123 10124 10125 10126 10127 10128 10129 10130 10131 10132 10134 10135 10136 10141 10142 10143 10145 10146)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Tajikistan S. russanovi, S. argensis (45830) S. sp. (45831)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Vietnam S. obliquespinus, S. vanchieni, S. enormis, S. spongiosus, S. baolacensis (83257)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5USA (Nevada) S. sp. (648)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation S. sp. (24775)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Vietnam S. baolacensis, S. kulkovi, S. alveosquamatus (83294) S. delicatus, S. alveosquamatus (83242) S. delicatus, S. baolacensis (83252)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Afghanistan (Vardak) S. divissimus (84647)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Mongolia S. dubatolovi (46025 46027 46028 46029 46032 46033 79695 79711) S. dubatolovi, S. kulkovi (46026 79690) S. sp. (79715)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Tajikistan S. sokolovi, S. intricatus (79093)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uzbekistan S. obliquespronis (169214)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (Queensland) S. bryani, S. nitidus (7210)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (Tasmania) S. bryani, S. ramosus (7197)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Spain (Castilla-León) S. hispanicus (80582 80583 80588 80629 80636) S. hispanicus, S. mironovae (80632) S. hispanicus, S. sp. (80637) S. mironovae (80631) S. sp. (80630)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) S. bryani (3698)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) S. svagercus (12143)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia S. svagercus (10467)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Vietnam S. kulkovi, S. baolacensis, S. brusnitzini (83319)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Spain (Castilla-León) S. hispanicus (80598 80628) S. sp. (80581 80627)
Couvinien - Givetian410.2 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) S. bryani (8474)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) S. nitidus, S. bryani (24214)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) S. sp. (4813 4814 4825)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) S. delicatus, S. mironovae (84387)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Vietnam S. kulkovi (83321)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Afghanistan (Vardak) S. divissimus (75080)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Spain (Castilla-León) S. divissimus (80641) S. hispanicus (80640) S. sp. (80639 80642 80643 80647)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Mongolia S. delicatus (79689) S. mixtus (79716)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) S. bryani, S. nitidus (8473)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Afghanistan (Ghazni) S. divissimus (74993 84669)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Ghazni) S. divissimus (84670 84707)