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Spinophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae

Taxonomy
Spinophyllum was named by Wedekind (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-l D Fras]. It is not extant. Its type is Campophyllum spongiosum.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cylindrophyllum by Hill (1956).

It was assigned to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); to Disphyllinae by Hill (1981), Brownlaw and Jell (2008); to Charactophyllidae by Abbasi et al. (2014); and to Disphyllidae by Coen-Aubert (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Spinophyllum Wedekind
1978Temnophyllum (Temnocarinia) Yu and Liao
1981Spinophyllum Hill
2002Charisphyllum Sepkoski
2002Spinophyllum Sepkoski
2002Spongielasma Sepkoski
2008Spinophyllum Brownlaw and Jell p. 55
2014Spinophyllum Abbasi et al. p. 3
2017Spinophyllum Coen-Aubert p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDisphyllidaeHill 1939
genusSpinophyllumWedekind 1922

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. †Spinophyllum Wedekind 1922
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Spinophyllum arduum Lütte 1985
Spinophyllum blacourti Rohart 1988
Spinophyllum occidentale Hill and Jell 1970
Spinophyllum ondra Galle 2007
Spinophyllum prolatum Brownlaw and Jell 2008
Spinophyllum spongiosum Schleuter 1889
Invalid names: Charisphyllum [synonym], Spongielasma [synonym], Temnocarinia Yu and Liao 1978 [synonym], Truncicarinulum Yu and Kuang 1983 [synonym]
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 Eifelian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 393.47000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Moravia) S. conicum (5866)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany S. spongiosum (227413) Temnophyllum occidentale (197084)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia S. ondra (84368 84369)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) S. conicum (5767)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland Temnophyllum occidentale (82928)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. arduum (81739) S. arduum, S. longiseptatum (81738) S. arduum, S. spongiosum (81733) S. spongiosum (81734 81737)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Castilla-León) S. sp. (80711) S. sp., S. aiense (80708)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Western Australia) S. sp. A (92851 92853)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France S. arduum (38681)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Iran S. arduum, S. blacourti, S. longiseptatum, Temnophyllum occidentale (181591) S. zhongguoense (181593)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Guangxi) S. sp. (34890)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Mauritania (Tiris Zemmour) S. spongiosum (236758)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Afghanistan (Ghazni) Temnocarinia sp. (74993)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Vardak) Temnocarinia sp. (84650)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Poland Temnophyllum occidentale (83085)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland S. longiseptatum (82739)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Temnophyllum occidentale (81740)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany Temnophyllum occidentale, S. spongiosum (197087)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Germany S. spongiosum (197088)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) S. prolatum (92896 92897)