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Alveolitinae

Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Alveolitinae Duncan
1985Alveolitinae Murray p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyAlveolitidaeDuncan 1872
subfamilyAlveolitinaeDuncan 1872
subfamilyAlveolitinaeDuncan 1872

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.

Subfm. †Alveolitinae Duncan 1872
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G. †Alveolitella Sokolov 1952
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G. †Alveolites Lamarck 1801
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Alveolites bergeri Iven 1980
Alveolites buchiana King 1850
Alveolites fornicatus Schlueter 1889
Alveolites gruenewaldti von Schauroth 1854
Alveolites lindensis Iven 1980
Alveolites producti Geinitz 1848
Alveolites saleei Lecompte 1933
Alveolites suborbicularis Lamarck 1801
Alveolites tenuissimus Lecompte 1933
G. †Crassialveolites Sokolov 1955
G. †Grandalveolites Mironova 1970
G. †Kitakamiia Sugiyama 1940
G. †Planalveolites Lang and Smith 1939
G. †Scharkovaelites Mironova 1974
G. †Spongioalveolites Iven 1980
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G. †Subalveolitella Sokolov 1955
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Subalveolitella majuscula Klaamann 1962
Subalveolitella minuscula Klaamann 1962
Subalveolitella repentina Sokolov 1955
G. †Subalveolites Sokolov 1955
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Subalveolites angustus Chekhovich 1971
Subalveolites callosus Klaamann 1964
Subalveolites eichwaldi Sokolov 1955
Subalveolites elegans Chekhovich 1971
Subalveolites panderi Sokolov 1955
Subalveolites sokolovi Klaamann 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Clinton to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 440.10000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (563 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Subalveolites repentina, Subalveolites subulosus, Subalveolites volutus (206542 206543 206560) Subalveolites subulosus, Subalveolites volutus (206541)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Subalveolites panderi, Subalveolites eichwaldi (78710)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Alveolites sp. (461 513)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Subalveolites depressus (12557) Subalveolites sp. (12940)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Subalveolites repentina (206319)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Subalveolites sp. (79512 79514) Subalveolites volutus (79483 79516 79525)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Ohio) Alveolites labechii (13238)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Kentucky) Alveolites labrosus (13194)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (New South Wales) Alveolites sp. (25723)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Alveolites sp. (196144 196171 229253 229257 229259) Alveolites sp., Alveolites multilamella (230235)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium (Namur) Alveolites sp. (76637)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium (Liege) Alveolites tenuissimus, Alveolites suborbicularis (76514 76516)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) Alveolites sp. (84366)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Türkiye Alveolites suborbicularis (219035)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland Alveolites maillieuxi, Alveolites tenuissimus (61840) Alveolites tenuissimus (82747)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium (Region Wallonne) Alveolites tenuissimus, Alveolites suborbicularis (76469)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Alveolites septosa (5986 5987)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Alveolites sp. (100917 113433)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Alveolites buchiana (130765)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Alveolites buchiana, Alveolites producti (161272) Alveolites gruenewaldti (161274) Alveolites producti, Alveolites gruenewaldti (161273)