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Heterocaninia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae

Taxonomy
Heterocaninia was named by Yabe and Hayasaka (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amygdalophyllinae by Hill (1956); to Heterocaniniinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Heterocaninia Yabe and Hayasaka
1956Heterocaninia Hill
1981Heterocaninia Hill
2002Heterocaninia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderAulophyllina
familyAulophyllidaeDybowski 1873
subfamilyHeterocaniniinae
genusHeterocaniniaYabe and Hayasaka 1920

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. †Heterocaninia Yabe and Hayasaka 1920
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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 Serpukhovian to the top of the Artinskian or 330.30000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Japan H. concentrica, H. makotokatoi (49720)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4China H. tholusitabulata (234676)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (California) H. langenheimi (62654 62666)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (California) H. langenheimi (62656 62658)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (California) H. gabbi (108149) H. sp. (62686)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) H. langenheimi (118838 118839)