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Alaiophyllum

Anthozoa - Charactophyllidae

Taxonomy
Alaiophyllum was named by Goryanov (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 798].

It was assigned to Disphyllinae by Hill (1981); to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Charactophyllidae by Abbasi et al. (2014).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Alaiophyllum Goryanov
1981Alaiophyllum Hill
2002Alaiophyllum Sepkoski
2014Alaiophyllum Abbasi et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
familyCharactophyllidaePedder 1972
genusAlaiophyllumGoryanov 1961

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. †Alaiophyllum Goryanov 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:40
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 383.40000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Canada (Northwest Territories) A. mackenziense (83978)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Austria (Kärnten) A. jarushevskyi (81665)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Vardak) A. sp. (84650)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) A. sp. (82565)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Vietnam A. incomptum (83345)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Czechia (Moravia) A. jana (39633 39636 39641) A. sp. (3752 3756 39167)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Czechia (Moravia) Alaiophyllum indet. (3384 3387)