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Chonophyllidae

Anthozoa - Chonophyllidae

Taxonomy
Chonophyllidae was named by Holmes (1887).

It was assigned to Columnariina by Hill (1956); to Rugosa by Kaljo (1958); and to Rugosa by Merriam (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Chonophyllidae Holmes
1956Chonophyllidae Hill
1958Chonophyllidae Kaljo
1974Chonophyllidae Merriam p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
familyChonophyllidaeHolmes 1887
familyChonophyllidaeHolmes 1887

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. †Chonophyllidae Holmes 1887
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Subfm. †Chonophyllinae Holmes 1887
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G. †Ketophyllum Wedekind 1927
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Ketophyllum eriphyle Billings 1862
Ketophyllum turbinata Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Omphymatinae Wedekind 1927 [synonym]
Subfm. †Endophyllinae Torley 1933
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G. †Diversophyllum Sloss 1939
G. †Fedorowskicyathus Rozkowska 1980
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Fedorowskicyathus radicensis McLean and Pedder 1984
G. †Sinaxis Birenheide and Soto 1992
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Sinaxis bulbosa Birenheide and Soto 1992
Invalid names: Blothrophyllinae Stumm 1949 [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 Frasnian or 440.80000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Kentucky) Ketophyllum intertrium (5676)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4Svalbard and Jan Mayen Ketophyllum sp. (43308)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China (Yunnan) Ketophyllum intermedium (27849)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Sweden Omphyma sp. (77409)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Omphyma eriphyle (184837) Omphyma eriphyle, Omphyma turbinata (184842)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Ketophyllum rectus (184765)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Yunnan) Ketophyllum intermedium (27851)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5China (Guizhou) Ketophyllum intermedium (27786)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Ketophyllum spp. (13669 13672) Omphyma sp. (13591 13592 13597 13598)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation Ketophyllum intermedium (23772)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Greenland Ketophyllum sp. (188490)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Ketophyllum sp. (79893)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Ukraine Ketophyllum pseudoannulatum (23365)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) Ketophyllum sp. (100907)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Mongolia Ketophyllum intermedium (79648)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Omphyma sp. (13621 13623)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Tajikistan Ketophyllum elegantulum (13977)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Russian Federation (Bashkir) Ketophyllum sp. (13954)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Russian Federation Ketophyllum insigna (13962) Ketophyllum sp. (24747)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Tajikistan Ketophyllum sp. (78882)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Fedorowskicyathus radicensis (40278 83800) Fedorowskicyathus sp. (40137)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Spain (Castilla y Leon) Sinaxis bulbosa (82150)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Spain (Asturias) Sinaxis bulbosa (82152)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland Fedorowskicyathus similis (61840)