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Metriophyllidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Metriophyllidae Hill
1956Metriophyllidae Hill
1981Metriophyllidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderMetriophyllinaSpasskiy 1965
familyMetriophyllidaeHill 1939
familyMetriophyllidaeHill 1939

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. †Metriophyllidae Hill 1939
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G. †Antiphyllum Schindewolf 1952
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Subg. †Antiphyllum (Antiphyllites) Fedorowski 2012
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G. †Asserculinia SchouppĂ© and Stacul 1959
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Asserculinia abnormis Wu and Zhao 1983
Asserculinia elegans Wu and Wang 1974
Asserculinia orbiculata Wu and Wang 1974
Asserculinia solida Wang and Sugiyama 2001
G. †Buschophyllum Stumm 1949
G. †Centrocellulosum Thomson 1883
G. †Disophyllum Tolmachev 1924
G. †Duncanella Nicholson 1874
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Duncanella goryanovi Weyer 1988
G. †Metriophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Metriophyllum ilitschense Soshkina 1928
G. †Metrioplexus Glinski 1963
G. †Petronella Birenheide 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Changhsingian or 443.40000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) Duncanella sp. (528)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Indiana) Duncanella borealis (75266)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Michigan) Duncanella sp. (532)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) Duncanella borealis (25876)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) Metriophyllum silidum (25717) Metriophyllum solidum (25719)
Couvinien - Givetian409.1 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Metriophyllum sp. (8475)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Spain (Asturias) Metriophyllum album, Petronella truncata (25292)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Tajikistan Duncanella goryanovi (79093)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Spain (Leon) Metriophyllum bouchardi (26394)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Austria (Steiermark) Metriophyllum gracile (76717)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Yunnan) Metriophyllum gracile (77801)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Metriophyllum sp. (60130)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Morocco Metriophyllum sp. (226635)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7United Kingdom (England) Metriophyllum lituum (38412)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Castilla y Leon) Metriophyllum lituum (82151)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Manitoba) Buschophyllum minutum (6719)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Morocco Metriophyllum sp. (74491)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2United Kingdom (England) Metriophyllum bouchardi (81048)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4France Metrioplexus richteri (38690)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2France Metrioplexus carinatus (38688 38689)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Metriophyllum sp. (40291)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Alberta) Metriophyllum sp. (629)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Metriophyllum sp. B (39293) Metriophyllum trochoides (25263 39262)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Vardak) Metriophyllum sp. (84640 84660)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5France (Alsace) Metriophyllum sp. (65764 65766)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Spain (Castilla y Leon) Metriophyllum bouchardi (82148 82149)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain (Leon) Metriophyllum bouchardi, Metriophyllum skalense (26849)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Tajikistan Metriophyllum sp. (184359)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7France Metrioplexus sp. (38641)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Metriophyllum deminutivum (6734)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) Metriophyllum sp. (544)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Idaho) Metriophyllum deminutivum (12790 12791 12799)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Metriophyllum deminutivum (6914)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Metriophyllum deminutivum (6915 6916 6918 6919 6920 6921 6922) Metriophyllum diminutivum (6917 6923)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Poland Claviphyllum pauperculum (77914)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0China (Nei Mongol) Metriophyllum sp. (78558)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation Asserculinia sp. (110578)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) Asserculinia longiseptata (119993) Asserculinia solida (75813)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Iran Asserculinia sp. (99782)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Heilongjiang) Metriophyllum ilitschense (109615)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Nei Mongol) Metriophyllum ilitschense (34562)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Iran Asserculinia sp. (107690)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Asserculinia sp. (41975)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Metriophyllum ilitschense (109612)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) Asserculinia sp. (10698)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Metriophyllum qaganqulutense (109616)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Metriophyllum ilitschense (42096)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan (Punjab) Asserculinia sp. (75765)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Asserculinia orbiculata (51424)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Asserculinia orbiculata (94954 120754) Asserculinia sp. (105210)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Greece Asserculinia sp. (108325)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Asserculinia abnormis (120752 120761) Asserculinia orbiculata, Asserculinia elegans (98066)