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Pyrgiidae

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae

Taxonomy
Pyrgiidae was named by Fromentel (1861). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Auloporicae by Hill (1981); to Auloporida by Murray (1985); and to Auloporoidea by Niko and Badpa (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Pyrgiidae Fromentel
1981Pyrgiidae Hill
1985Pyrgiidae Murray
2021Pyrgiidae Niko and Badpa p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyPyrgiidaeFromentel 1861
familyPyrgiidaeFromentel 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.

Fm. †Pyrgiidae Fromentel 1861
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G. †Amniopora Sokolov 1955
G. †Bainbridgia Ball 1933
G. †Bibucia Roberts 1963
G. †Cladochonus M'Coy 1847
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†Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899
†Cladochonus carrascoi Wilson 1990
†Cladochonus crassus McCoy 1847
†Cladochonus magnus Gerth 1922
†Cladochonus nicholsoni Etheridge Jr. 1915
†Cladochonus shawi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962
†Cladochonus striatus Hill 1942
G. †Salpingium Smyth 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 443.10000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (195 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Kentucky) Cladochonus sp. A (13230) Cladochonus sp. C (13236)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Ohio) Cladochonus sp. B (13203) Cladochonus sp. C (13206 13238)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus sp. (24907)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Cladochonus sp. (27420)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco Cladochonus sp. (63041)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Castilla-Léon) Bainbridgia sp., Cladochonus sp. (77390)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Bainbridgia bipartita, Bainbridgia sp., Cladochonus sp. (208148)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Germany Cladochonus sp. (202942)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) Cladochonus sp. (40408)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Cladochonus jacksoni (91091 91215 91216 91217 91226 91237 91240 91242 91243 91247)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Algeria Cladochonus sp. (81853)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Cladochonus dichotoma (5619 5620 5657 5661 5665 5666 5667 5668 5669 5670 5671) Cladochonus sp. (76213)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Morocco Bainbridgia sp., Cladochonus sp. (74491)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Cladochonus sp. (65400)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) Cladochonus sp. (76100)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany Cladochonus sp. (49427)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cladochonus sp. (38294 38295 38296 38298 38299 38300 38302 38325 38327)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cladochonus sp. (38304 38306)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (75617)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Cladochonus crassus (6733 6734)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Utah) Cladochonus sp. (547 42028)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Bibucia tubiformis, Cladochonus sp., Cladochonus tenuicollis (58018) Cladochonus sp., Cladochonus tenuicollis (58011)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany Cladochonus sp. (64668)
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland Cladochonus crassus (76515)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (California) Cladochonus sp. (225977)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Utah) Cladochonus sp. (549)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Cladochonus beecheri (2257 2455 6670) Cladochonus sp. (550 567 6676)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) Cladochonus crassus (76447)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Tennessee) Cladochonus amplexus (8140)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Cladochonus crassus (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Germany Cladochonus sp. (64670)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) Cladochonus crassus (2682 2683 2688)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Cladochonus beecheri (76446) Cladochonus crassus (2640 2641 2642 2644 2672 2676 2678 2681 2690) Cladochonus crassus, Cladochonus beecheri (2643 2680 2689)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Cladochonus beecheri (2251 2252 2439 2442 2445) Cladochonus longi, Cladochonus beecheri (2184 2185 2187 2191 2202 2204 2207 2208 2448)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) Cladochonus sp. (6915 6916 6917 6918 6919 6922 6923)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Cladochonus sp. (556 557 558 8072 8073 8080 8117 8118 8119 8120 8121 8126 8127 8128 8129 8130 8131 8132 8133 8134 8135 8136 8137 8138)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Ukraine (Donets) Cladochonus sp. (99620)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Canada (Nova Scotia) Cladochonus sp. (239050 239218)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (5603)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Egypt Cladochonus sp. (46983)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) Cladochonus tenuicollis (40010)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Indiana) Cladochonus beecheri (6698 6699) Cladochonus sp. (6681)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Cladochonus sp. (6281 6294 6299 6302 6323)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Cladochonus beecheri (2713 2779 2780 2781)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (133349)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Cladochonus sp. (76460)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Cladochonus crassus (28383)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) Cladochonus sp. (24197)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Australia (Queensland) Cladochonus tenuicollis (144999)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Japan Cladochonus cylindratus (49720)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Cladochonus sp. (68852)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Japan Cladochonus hamadai (49721 49722)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Cladochonus sp. (76871)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Argentina Cladochonus sp. (64621)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4Australia (New South Wales) Cladochonus tenuicollis (59785)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4USA (Kentucky) Cladochonus sp. (52864)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine Cladochonus sp. (151329)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Cladochonus bacillaris (212496)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Japan Cladochonus hamadai (49785)
Gzhelian - Sakmarian303.7 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Cladochonus bacillaris (212500)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Bolivia (La Paz) Cladochonus carrascoi (75748 120716 120717 120718)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Nevada) Cladochonus shawi (120700)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Nevada) Cladochonus nevadensis (62208 62229 62230 62242)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Cladochonus sp. (112200)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Cladochonus verrucatus (61140 61141)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Cladochonus sp. (95195 95203) Cladochonus striatus (88211)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (British Columbia) Cladochonus sp. (82123)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Monilopora nicholsoni (106707)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9New Zealand (Southland) Cladochonus sp. (41766)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia Cladochonus magnus (39610) Cladochonus magnus, Monilopora crassa, Monilopora beecheri (39608)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Cladochonus magnus (125069)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran Cladochonus sp. (224053)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) Cladochonus nicholsoni (209010 209011 209013) Cladochonus sp. (103393 103431 103432)