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Lythophyllum

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

Taxonomy
Cystiphylloides (Lythophyllum) was named by Wedekind (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 1240]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Lythophyllum by Pedder and Feist (1998) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Cystiphylloides by Wedekind (1925); to Cystiphyllinae by Pedder and Feist (1998); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cystiphylloides (Lythophyllum) Wedekind
1925Nardophyllum Wedekind
1932Plagiophyllum Wedekind and Vollbrecht p. 36
1949Wedekindophyllum Stumm p. 39
1968Patridophyllum Ulitina p. 86
1998Lythophyllum Pedder and Feist p. 969
2002Lythophyllum Sepkoski
2003Nardophyllum Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderCystiphyllidaNicholson 1889
familyCystiphyllidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
subfamilyCystiphyllinaeMilne Edwards and Haime 1850
genusLythophyllum(Wedekind 1925)

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. †Lythophyllum Wedekind 1925
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Lythophyllum bermotiensis Tandon et al. 1978
Invalid names: Nardophyllum Wedekind 1925 [synonym], Patridophyllum Ulitina 1968 [synonym], Plagiophyllum Wedekind and Vollbrecht 1932 [synonym], Wedekindophyllum Stumm 1949 [synonym]
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 Pridoli to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 423.00000 to 383.70000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Tajikistan Lithophyllum sokolovi (45827 45828)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine Patridophyllum digonophylloides (13873)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Tajikistan Lithophyllum sokolovi (45839)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Nardophyllum clarum (40698)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Tajikistan Lithophyllum sokolovi (45789 45840)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Nevada) L. sp. (36957 36960)
Helderbergian - Early/Lower Emsian419.2 - 402.5Italy Lithophyllum sp. (26128)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (Alaska) L. spp. (100292)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') L. kuznetskiense (40700) L. originale, Patridophyllum obliterum (40701)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') L. mirabile, L. urum (40703)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9USA (Nevada) Nardophyllum sp. A (90951)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (British Columbia) L. sp. A (84250)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Austria (Steiermark) Nardophyllum sp. (76717)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Northwest Territories) L. macrocystis, L. pumilum (84256)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) L. proliferum (80374)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) L. minimum (81731)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Canada (British Columbia) L. sp. C (84238)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Guangxi) L. sp. (34889)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Northwest Territories) L. sp. (84236)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France L. secundum (38681)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) L. pseudoseptatum (44265)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Hunan) Lithophyllum grandis (80272)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Kazakhstan Nardophyllum excentricum, Nardophyllum vermiforme (73199) Nardophyllum marginatum, Nardophyllum vermiforme (73183 73184) Nardophyllum vermiforme (73185)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Morocco L. sp. (74491 227026)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (British Columbia) L. sp. C (84246)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) L. proliferum (80379)