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Arachnophyllidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Arachnophyllidae Dybowski
1956Arachnophyllidae Hill
1981Arachnophyllidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderArachnophyllinaZhavoronkova 1972
familyArachnophyllidaeDybowski 1873
familyArachnophyllidaeDybowski 1873

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. †Arachnophyllidae Dybowski 1873
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G. †Angullophyllum McLean 1974
G. †Arachnophyllum Dana 1846
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Arachnophyllum kayi Merriam 1973
Arachnophyllum murchisoni Edwards and Haime 1851
Arachnophyllum pentagonum Goldfuss 1826
Invalid names: Darwinia Dybowski 1873 [synonym], Favastraea d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
G. †Chonophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Chonophyllum magnificum Billings 1860
Chonophyllum simpsoni Merriam 1973
G. †Craterophyllum Foerste 1909
G. †Idiophyllum Cao 1975
G. †Naos Lang 1926
G. †Ningqiangophyllum Ge and Yü 1974
G. †Pseudomucophyllum Lavrusevich 1977
G. †Werneckelasma Pedder 1978
G. †Zenophila Hill 1940
Invalid names: Arachnophyllinae Dybowski 1873 [empty], Ptychophyllinae Dybowski 1873 [empty]
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 Aeronian to the top of the Late/Upper Devonian or 440.80000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Kentucky) Arachnophyllum mammillare, Arachnophyllum quadrangulare, Arachnophyllum separatum, Arachnophyllum sinemurum, Arachnophyllum striatum, Craterophyllum invaginatum, Arachnophyllum pentagonum (5676)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Arachnophyllum sp., Chonophyllum magnificum (229258) Chonophyllum magnificum (229253 229257 229259) Chonophyllum sp. (230235)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5USA (Iowa) Arachnophyllum sp. (26691)
Alexandrian - Ontarian443.4 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Chonophyllum sp. (24596)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Arachnophyllum sp. (461 513)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Iowa) Arachnophyllum sp. (25041)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Australia (New South Wales) Angullophyllum warrisi (25689)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Arachnophyllum mammillare (12557)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Kentucky) Arachnophyllum mamillare (13194) Arachnophyllum mamillare, Craterophyllum solitarium (13236) Craterophyllum solitarium (13237)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (Iowa) Arachnophyllum sp. (25028)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Arachnophyllum mamillare, Arachnophyllum pentagonum, Arachnophyllum approximatum (184842) Arachnophyllum pentagonum (184837) Arachnophyllum sp., Chonophyllum canadense (25250) Prodarwinia mammillaris (25252)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) Idiophyllum sp. (23248)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Shaanxi) Idiophyllum sp. (23251)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Arachnophyllum sp. (77260)
Niagaran438.0 - 421.3USA (Indiana) Arachnophyllum striatum (22818)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Mongolia Chonophyllum sp. (79640)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (California) Arachnophyllum kayi (226645) Chonophyllum sp. (226663)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Arachnophyllum sp. (79881)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Nenets) Naos pagoda (78962)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4India Chonophyllum sp. (36258 36260 36261)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Iowa) Arachnophyllum sp. (25019 26812) Arachnophyllum sp., Chonophyllum sp. (25044)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Chonophyllum sp. A (188805 188807) Chonophyllum sp. A. (188806)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Arachnophyllum murchisoni (23057)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden Arachnophyllum murchisoni (77538)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic Arachnophyllum sp. (14097)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Idiophyllum patulum (25639) Zenophila walli (25642)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic Arachnophyllum sp., Naos sp. (14104)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Mongolia Chonophyllum cumulatum (79648)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) Craterophyllum sp. (100895)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (California) Chonophyllum sp. (226664)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Chonophyllum sp. (188876)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Australia (New South Wales) Idiophyllum patulum (25634)
Gleedonian425.4 - 427.4Canada (Quebec) Arachnophyllum murchisoni (157356)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Indiana) Craterophyllum latiradium (5703)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Chonophyllum magnificus (9614)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (California) Chonophyllum sp. (214584)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Indiana) Chonophyllum nanum (11101) Craterophyllum magnificum (5702)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Kentucky) Craterophyllum adnascens (5709)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Alaska) Chonophyllum sp. (40665)