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Axophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Axophyllidae

Taxonomy
Axophyllum was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 163,680]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Axophyllidae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Axophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime
1981Axophyllum Hill
2002Axophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyAxophyllidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
genusAxophyllumMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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. †Axophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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†Axophyllum moroccoense Rodriguez et al. 2013
†Axophyllum pseudokirsopianum Semenoff-Tian-Chansky 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Noginskian or 346.70000 to 264.90000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) A. simplex (41451)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) A. sp. (6016)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Canada (Nova Scotia) A. sp. (239335)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) A. vaughani (76659)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Belgium A. sp. B, A. sp. A, A. lonsdaleiforme (76655)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Wales) A. sp. (36674)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland (Carlow) A. vaughani (79119)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland A. pseudokirsopianum (76709)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Spain (Andalucia) A. pseudokirsopianum (79118)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Türkiye A. pseudokirsopianum (134294 134295) A. sp. (134296)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco (Meknes-Tafilalet) A. sp. (99648)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Morocco A. pseudokirsopianum (99684 134864 134932 228328) A. sp. (134863)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Spain (Andalucia) A. densum, A. pseudokirsopianum (79117)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Carlow) A. vaughani (79120 79122)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3China (Xinjiang) A. simplex (195864)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3France A. nanum, A. expansum, A. sp. (34565)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland A. densum, A. fungites (34833)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco A. pseudokirsopianum (79404 79405) A. sp. (79393 79396)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3China (Guizhou) A. lonsdaleiforme (134651 134686 134688 134691) A. sp. 1 (134694) A. sp. 2 (134696)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Morocco A. kirsopianum (234350 234562)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4France A. sp. (50810) A. sp., A. lonsdaleiforme (76632)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Spain (Andalucia) A. sp., A. pseudokirsopianum (76855)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4China A. tazoultense, A. sp. (234676)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Morocco A. moroccoense (224690)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation (Respublika Barschkortostan) A. sp. (79414)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) A. sp. (11501 11565 11603 11774 11861)