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Disphyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae

Taxonomy
Disphyllum was named by Fromentel (1861) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 680]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phillipsastraeinae by Hill (1956); to Disphyllidae by Merriam (1974); to Disphyllinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
  • Pseudostringophyllum was named by Soshkina (1939). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Disphyllum by Hill (1956).
  • Megaphyllum was named by Soshkina (1939). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Disphyllum by Hill (1956).
  • Ceratinella was named by Soshkina (1941). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Disphyllum by Hill (1956).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Disphyllum Fromentel
1939Megaphyllum Soshkina
1939Pseudostringophyllum Soshkina
1941Ceratinella Soshkina
1956Disphyllum Hill
1974Disphyllum Merriam pp. 58 - 59
1981Disphyllum Hill
2002Disphyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDisphyllidaeHill 1939
subfamilyDisphyllinaeHill 1939
genusDisphyllumFromentel 1861

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. †Disphyllum Fromentel 1861
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†Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826
†Disphyllum conjugans Sorauf 1998
†Disphyllum hockingi Brownlaw and Jell 2008
†Disphyllum incomptum Hill and Jell 1970
†Disphyllum iowensis Sorauf 1998
†Disphyllum murum Brownlaw and Jell 2008
†Disphyllum nevadense Stumm 1937
†Disphyllum patulum Brownlaw and Jell 2008
†Disphyllum virgatum Hinde 1890
Invalid names: Ceratinella Soshkina 1941 [synonym], Megaphyllum Soshkina 1939 [synonym], Pseudostringophyllum Soshkina 1939 [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 Wenlock to the top of the Frasnian or 433.40000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (206 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (25553)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Cyathophyllum caespitosum (229257)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4China (Xinjiang) D. sp. (27816)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0China (Xinjiang) D. sp. (27767)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2China (Jilin) D. sp. (25759)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) D. gregorii (25699)
Helderbergian - Early/Lower Emsian419.2 - 402.5Italy D. sp. (26128)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9USA (Alaska) D. goldfussi (108337) D. sp. (100934 100941 100945 100948 100977 100996 100997 100998 101000 101002 101003 101004 101005 101431 108336) D. sp., D. catenatum (100942)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9Australia (Victoria) D. cognatum (10135 10143) D. incongruum (10140) D. sp. (10127)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) D. caespitosum (75683)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) D. speleanum (25715)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (Tasmania) D. repansum (7197)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Australia (Queensland) D. paracouvinense (106560)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Australia (New South Wales) D. gregorii (24213)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany D. sp. (60138)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Indiana) D. cohaerens (5706)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (55468 55478 55481 55485)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) D. sp. (3845 3846)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Kentucky) D. sp., D. synaptophylloides (76992)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. sp. (78405) D. sp., D. caespitosum (78415)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen,) D. caespitosum (77050)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. caespitosum (77049)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) D. sp. (40012)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Indiana) D. synaptophylloides (5702)
Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian393.3 - 358.9USA (Alaska) D. sp. (101419)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. caespitosum (235157)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) D. emsti (5767)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (34871)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany D. sp. (227413)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (626) D. sp. J (84247)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7United Kingdom (England) D. aequiseptatum (38399 38400 38402 38403 38404) D. aequiseptatum, D. goldfussi (38405) D. sp. (81014)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Castilla-León) D. sp. (80708)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Hunan) D. sp. (34987 80272)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Guangxi) D. sp. (4846 34889 34890)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. caespitosum (77073) D. sp. (77075 81730 81738)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen,) D. sp. (77048)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Asturias) D. geinitzi (80369) D. goldfussi, D. sp. (25433)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) D. sp. (80375)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Guizhou) D. hsianghsiense (84330)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Ghazni) D. sp. (84707)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Poland D. wirbelauense (83090)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Czech Republic D. regulare (83221)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2United Kingdom (England) D. caespitosum (81048)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. sp. (81742)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Vardak) Cyathophyllum caespitosum (84650)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Megaphyllum caespitosum, Megaphyllum paschiense (84383)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Poland D. kweihsiense (82904) D. wirbelauense (83091)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Germany D. sp. (227864)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4France D. gradatum (38687)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. sp. (81744)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Australia (Western Australia) D. caespitosum (92875) D. caespitosum, D. virgatum (39275 92878) D. caespitosum, D. virgatum, D. hockingi (92876 92877)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2China D. intermedium (212695)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) D. emsti (84340)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2China (Hunan) D. cylindricum, D. dupliforme (40955) D. cylindricum, D. frechi, D. caespitosum (40569)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Iran D. sp. 1 (62132 62134 62135) D. sp. 1, D. caespitosum (62152)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British Columbia) D. catenatum (40288) D. catenatum, D. sp. (83798)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2France D. lazutkini, D. grabaui (38689) D. pashiense (38685) D. rugosum (38686) D. sp. (3399)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Russian Federation (Novosibirskaya Oblast) D. lazutkini, D. caespitosum (84372)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Czech Republic (Moravia) D. sp. (3752 3756 39165) D. veronica (39636)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Vietnam D. sp. (83345)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) D. pashiense, D. caespitosum (84371)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Northwest Territories) D. catenatum (40144 40147) D. fasciculum (40135 40137) D. sp. (40129 40134 40143 40281 81119)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Belgium (Namur) D. sp. (76604)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Alberta) D. sp. (40282 75720 83799)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Ghazni) D. sp. (75031)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Cyathophyllum virgatum (131546) D. caespitosum (39268) D. curtum, D. caespitosum, D. virgatum (39262) D. curtum, D. sp., D. caespitosum, D. virgatum, D. intertextum, Temnophyllum incomptum (25263) D. sp. (232517) D. sp. A (39269) D. sp. B, D. intertextum (39277) D. sp., D. virgatum (39261 39267) D. virgatum (39258)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') D. lazutkini, D. paschiense, D. densum, D. caespitosum (40713)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Arizona) D. sp. (6856 6859 6867 6868 6873)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Germany D. rugosum, D. breviseptatum (227719) D. sp. (227715 227716 227861 227862 227863 227865)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British Colombia-Alberta) D. sp., D. catenatum (40286)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Iowa) D. conjugans (83952 83953) D. floydense, D. iowensis (83955) D. sp. (40290) D. tubiforme, D. dispassum (40289)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Nevada) D. sp. (7117)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Poland D. cylindricum, D. wirbelauense (82658) D. wirbelauense (82988 82990)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British Columbia-Alberta) D. fasciculum, D. sp. (40285) D. sp. (40283)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Alaska) D. sp. (101013 108332)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5USA (New York) D. caespitosum (6260)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. rugosum (81747) D. rugosum, D. breviseptatum (81746)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5China (Guangxi) D. sp. (13010 13135)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Belgium D. goldfussi, D. sp. (23245)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5France (Alsace) D. sp. (65763 65764 65765 65766 65768 65770 65771)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Poland D. wirbelauense (82744)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. caespitosum (82486) D. sp., D. caespitosum (82483)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany D. sp. (197087)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Tajikistan D. sp. (184356)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) D. pashiense (84336)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Poland D. caespitosum (83032) D. cylindricum (82960) D. wirbelauense (82987 83029 83030 83031) D. wirbelauense, D. cylindricum (83088 83089) D. wirbelauense, D. geinitzi (83033)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Germany D. sp., D. caespitosum (28047)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain (Asturias) D. rugosum, D. lazutkini, D. goldfussi, D. geinitzi (25436)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain (Leon) D. goldfussi (26849)
Late/Upper Givetian - Frasnian380.2 - 372.2Germany D. sp. (60175)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Canada (Alberta) D. sp. (83730)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland D. wirbelauense (82747)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) D. incomptum (92885) D. incomptum, D. patulum (92886) D. murum (92884) D. sp. A (92880)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Czech Republic (Moravia) D. sp. (3384 3387)