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Cryptophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Cryptophyllum Carruthers
1956Cryptophyllum Hill
2021Cryptophyllum Fedorowski p. 419

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924
genusCryptophyllumCarruthers 1919

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. †Cryptophyllum Carruthers 1919
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†Cryptophyllum hibernicum Carruthers 1919
†Cryptophyllum hithis Weyer 1975
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Invalid names: Pentaphyllum araxense Kropatcheva 1983 [synonym], Plerophyllum clavatum Ilina 1962 [synonym], Plerophyllum dzhulfense Ilina 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: Zigzag microstructure may indicate high-Mg calcite according to Webb and Sorauf (2002) - this for Pentaphyllumg
Created: 2007-11-15 09:17:12
Modified: 2007-11-15 11:17:12
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Changhsingian or 353.80000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Ireland C. hibernicum (78288)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Germany Pentaphyllum hibernicum (64669) Pentaphyllum hithis (64668)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland C. hibernicum (76517)
Murgabian273.01 - 267.0Iran Pentaphyllum leptoconicum (75771)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan Pleramplexus leptoconicus (88397 119244)
Roadian - Changhsingian272.3 - 252.17Iran Pentaphyllum leptoconicum (233584)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan Clisiophyllum leptoconicum, Zaphrentis phillipsi, Amplexus cornubovis (232366) Pentamplexus leptoconicus (97229 110670 110717) Pentaphyllum araxense, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110667 110669 110677 110678) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110672 110679 110690 110716) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110666 110671) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus, Pentaphyllum clavatum (110668 110676) Plerophyllum clavatum, Plerophyllum dzhulfense (95630) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (82114 144215)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran Pentaphyllum leptoconicum (107685 107687 107688 107689) Pleramplexus leptoconicus (118233 118267 118271 119077) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (119078)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Armenia Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110771) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110746 110785) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110750) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (113724) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (116778)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Plerophyllum leptoconicum (110537)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Greece Pleramplexus leptoconicus (108325)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Azerbaijan Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110611) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110659 110705) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110698 110706) Pleramplexus leptoconicus (82254 97207) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (81395 82112 97243 116753 116761) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (116765)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Armenia Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110758) Pleramplexus leptoconicus (88700) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (113726 116760 116777)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran Pleramplexus leptoconicus (119052 119054 119064 119072) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (119070)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (98066 121020)