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Palaeacidae

Anthozoa - Favositida - Palaeacidae

Taxonomy
Palaeacidae was named by Roemer (1883). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Favositicae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Palaeacidae Roemer
1981Palaeacidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyPalaeacidaeRoemer 1883
familyPalaeacidaeRoemer 1883

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. †Palaeacidae Roemer 1883
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G. †Microcyathus Hinde 1896
G. †Palaeacis Haime 1857
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†Palaeacis carinata Girty 1910
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Invalid names: Palaeacis cuneata Snider 1915 [synonym]
†Palaeacis cuneiformis Haime 1857
†Palaeacis regularis Gerth 1922
†Palaeacis tubifer Gerth 1922
G. †Smythina Weyer 1970
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 Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Capitanian or 365.20000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Missouri) Microcyathus enormis (6027 6041)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Palaeacis enormis (6734)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Idaho) Palaeacis sp. (12790)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Palaeacis sp. (76486)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany Palaeacis sp. (64669 64671)
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland Palaeacis sp. (76515)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Utah) Palaeacis sp. (560)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) Palaeacis enormis (6914)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) Palaeacis enormis (6915 6917 6918 6919 6920 6922 6923)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Palaeacis sp. (557)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Egypt Palaeacis snideri (46983)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) Palaeacis cuneiformis (40008 40009 145013 145014) Palaeacis grandis, Palaeacis robusta, Palaeacis serrata (40010)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Idaho) Palaeacis cuneiformis (12868 12869)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Palaeacis carinata (76650)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Palaeacis cuniformis (2780)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Microcyathus sp. (42092)