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Eiffelia
Taxonomy
Eiffelia was named by Walcott (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 219,1006]. Its type is Eiffelia globosa. It is the type genus of Eiffeliidae.
It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); to Eiffeliidae by Finks et al. (2004), Skovsted (2006); and to Calcarea by Bambach et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); to Eiffeliidae by Finks et al. (2004), Skovsted (2006); and to Calcarea by Bambach et al. (2007).
Species
E. araniformis, E. globosa (type species), E. hispanica, Lenastella aculeata, Lenastella mucronata, Lenastella umbonata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-04-30
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Eiffelia Walcott |
| 1981 | Lenastella Missarzhevsky and Mambetov |
| 2002 | Eiffelia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Eiffelia Finks et al. p. 571 |
| 2006 | Eiffelia Skovsted p. 1095 |
| 2007 | Eiffelia Bambach et al. p. S80 |
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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. †Eiffelia Walcott 1920
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†Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
†Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920
†Eiffelia hispanica Sdzuy 1969
Invalid names: Lenastella Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (74 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommotian - Atdabanian | Guinea | E. sp. (7790) | |
| Atdabanian | Kazakhstan | Lenastella araniformis (99357) Lenastella araniformis, Lenastella mucronata (99300 99301 99302 99303 99324) Lenastella mucronata (99316 99317 99318 99332 99333) | |
| Atdabanian | Kyrgyzstan | Lenastella araniformis, Lenastella aculeata, Lenastella mucronata (99329) Lenastella araniformis, Lenastella aculeata, Lenastella mucronata, Lenastella umbonata (99325 99326 99327 99328) | |
| Atdabanian | Australia (South Australia) | E. araniformis (10016 96931 96960 96966 97739 97741 97742 97744 97746 97747 97748 97749 97750 97767 97768 97769 97783) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Henan) | E. sp. (49532) | |
| Atdabanian - Botomian | Australia (Northern Territory) | Lenastella sp. (80921) | |
| Branchian | United Kingdom (England) | Lenastella sp. (79932) | |
| Botomian | China (Shaanxi) | E. araniformis (199515 199516 199517 199534) | |
| Botomian | Kazakhstan | Lenastella araniformis, Lenastella mucronata, Lenastella umbonata (99362) | |
| Botomian | Australia (South Australia) | E. araniformis (96932 96958 96959 96965 97751 97770 97771 97772 97773 97774 97775) | |
| Dyeran | Greenland | E. araniformis (49464) | |
| Dyeran | Greenland (Peary Land) | E. sp. (210618) | |
| Toyonian | Türkiye (Konya) | E. araniformis (91535) | |
| Ordian - Undillan | Australia (Queensland) | E. sp. (122074) | |
| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | E. globosa (84423 84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 121957 121959 121962 121963) | |
| Delamaran | Jordan | E. araniformis (139932) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Spain (León) | E. sp. (216175 216182) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Canada (Brithish Columbia) | E. sp. (188664) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Italy (Iglesiente) | E. araniformis (139878) | |
| St Davids | Canada (British Columbia) | E. sp. (215) | |
| Furongian | Iran | E. hispanica (121298) |