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Lonsdaleia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae

Taxonomy
Lonsdaleia was named by McCoy (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-u Sepkoski's reference number: 163,1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Madreporites duplicatus.

It was assigned to Lonsdaleiinae by Hill (1956); to Axophyllidae by Hill (1981); to Lonsdaleiidae by Sando (1983); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Lonsdaleia McCoy
1956Lonsdaleia Hill
1981Lonsdaleia Hill
1983Lonsdaleia Sando p. 37
2002Lonsdaleia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyLonsdaleiidaeChapman 1893
genusLonsdaleiaMcCoy 1849

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. †Lonsdaleia McCoy 1849
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Subg. †Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus) d'Orbigny 1849
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Subg. †Lonsdaleia (Waagenella) Yabe and Hayasaka 1915
Lonsdaleia duplicata Martin 1809
Lonsdaleia fennemai Volz 1904
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 Arundian to the top of the Wordian or 346.70000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) L. sp. (112166 112173 112174 112175 112176)
Mississippian - Permian358.86 - 251.902USA (Alaska) L. sp. (112189)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Russian Federation L. arctica (78780)
Visean346.7 - 330.3China L. sp. (185513)
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.4China (Qinghai) Actinocyathus floriformis (68635)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Russian Federation (Tatarstan) L. singularis (78859)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) L. duplicata (5986)
Asbian - Serpukhovian339.9 - 323.4Russian Federation L. duplicata (13278)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland Actinocyathus floriformis, L. duplicata (34833)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Russian Federation (Tatarstan) L. arctica (78863) L. subcrassiconus (78866)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Actinocyathus floriformis (162351) L. sp. (57131)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Carlow) Actinocyathus floriformis (79120) Actinocyathus floriformis, L. duplicata (79122) L. duplicata (79121)
Brigantian - Serpukhovian335.9 - 323.4Russian Federation L. agapoviensis (78798)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (England) L. laticlavia (73467)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (Alaska) L. sp. (112167)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Russian Federation (Tatarstan) L. crassigemmata (78867)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Spain (Andalucia) L. corbariensis (76855)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Ukraine Actinocyathus sp., L. sp. (151320)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4France Actinocyathus sp., L. sp. (50810) L. sp., L. duplicata (76632)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4China (Guizhou) L. duplicata (134704)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Morocco Actinocyathus sarytschevae, Actinocyathus mariae (224690)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Japan L. sp., L. duplicata (49721)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Canada (Nunavut) L. duplicata (135682 135685)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) L. sp. (112201 112203 112204 112205)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Lithostrotion portlocki (121984)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia L. jenningsi, L. gracilis (113805)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) L. fennemai (119515)