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Stylophyllum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Taxonomy
Stylophyllum was named by Reuss (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori Tr Rhae]. It is not extant. Its type is Stylophyllum polyacanthum.

It was assigned to Stylophyllidae by Stanley (1986), Roniewicz and Michalík (1998); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Stylophyllum Reuss
1986Stylophyllum Stanley, Jr.
1998Stylophyllum Roniewicz and Michalík p. 395
2002Stylophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyStylophyllidaeVolz 1896
genusStylophyllumReuss 1854

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. †Stylophyllum Reuss 1854
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Stylophyllum cocchi Stoppani 1865
Stylophyllum cocchii Stoppani 1865
Stylophyllum edwarsi Stoppani 1865
Stylophyllum lejowae Roniewicz 1974
Stylophyllum paradoxum Frech 1890
Stylophyllum pygmaeum Frech 1890
Stylophyllum vesiculatum Roniewicz 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 03:17:53
Modified: 2008-02-05 05:17:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 227.30000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Oregon) S. sp. (100517)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Tibet) S. sp., S. gen (232838)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Slovenia S. pygmaeum (68762)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Alaska) S. pygmaeum (80015)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Austria (Calcareous Alps) S. paradoxum (38148)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Slovenia S. paradoxum (36565)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Idaho) S. paradoxum (99505)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria S. polyacanthum, S. paradoxum (36815)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Idaho) S. paradoxum (38377)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Tajikistan S. bortepensis (138590)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Slovakia Pinacophyllum lejowae (42542 42546 42548) S. gracilis (85418)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria (Calcareous Alps) S. polyacanthum, S. paradoxum, S. vesiculatum (38141 38144) S. pygmaeum (38146 38147)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria S. polyacanthum, S. paradoxum (36801 36807)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Tajikistan S. bortepensis (138588) S. bortepensis, S. cognata (138589)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy Cyathophyllum cocchi (204948)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Poland Pinacophyllum lejowae (85432)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy (Lombardy) S. cocchii (38112 38129 38130) S. edwardsi, Cyathophyllum cocchi (38083) S. paradoxum, S. pygmaeum (38132) S. polyacanthum, S. paradoxum, S. pygmaeum, S. cocchii (38131)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Stylophyllopsis paradoxum (33569)