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Pycnostylidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Pycnostylidae

Taxonomy
Pycnostylidae was named by Stumm (1953).

It was assigned to Rugosa by Merriam (1972); and to Stauriina by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pycnostylidae Stumm
1972Pycnostylidae Merriam p. 30
1981Pycnostylidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStauriinaVerrill 1865
familyPycnostylidaeStumm 1953
familyPycnostylidaeStumm 1953

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. †Pycnostylidae Stumm 1953
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G. †Cyathopaedium Schlüter 1889
G. †Depasophyllum Grabau 1936
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G. †Fletcherina Lang et al. 1955
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†Fletcherina incognita Oliver 1960
G. †Pycnostylus Whiteaves 1884
G. †Synamplexus Grabau 1922
G. †Thecacristatus Strelnikov 1973
G. †Zelophyllum Wedekind 1927
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 Early/Lower Givetian or 440.80000 to 383.70000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) Zelophyllum sp. (528)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Alaska) Zelophyllum sp. (108317 108320) Zelophyllum sp. w (108315) Zelophyllum sp. w, Zelophyllum sp. (108326)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (California) Zelophyllum sp. (79808 229638)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0China (Xinjiang) Zelophyllum borohoroshanense (27764)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China Zelophyllum sp. (61428)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China (Guizhou) Zelophyllum sp. (27835)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) Zelophyllum sp. (23248) Zelophyllum sp. a, Zelophyllum sp. b (27742)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Queensland) Pycnostylus guelphensiformis (39220 39222)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Pycnostylus sp. (77260)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Hubei) Zelophyllum sp. (27832)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Yunnan) Pycnostylus longiseptatus (27851)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5China (Guizhou) Zelophyllum intermedium (27786)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) Pycnostylus guelphensis (26741 26742 26743 26744 26745 26746 26747)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Russian Federation Zelophyllum sp. (23498)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Zelophyllum hogklinti, Zelophyllum intermedium, Zelophyllum spinosum (13592)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Alaska) Zelophyllum sp. (100931)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation Zelophyllum sp. (23759)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Mongolia Pycnostylus quelphensis (79684)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Iowa) Pycnostylus sp. (25044)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Uzbekistan Zelophyllum sp. (24763)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Iowa) Pycnostylus sp. (25018 25036)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Pycnostylus congregationis (25639)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territories) Pycnostylus dendroides (25687)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Mongolia Zelophyllum subdendroideum (79642)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (California) Pycnostylidae indet. (229632) Zelophyllum sp. G. (229580)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2China (Nei Mongol) Zelophyllum sp. (27903)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (California) Zelophyllum sp. (79807)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Tajikistan Zelophyllum ludlovensis (13977)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Pennsylvania) Zelophyllum spp., Fletcherina incognita (24948)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Virginia) Zelophyllum spp. (24951)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Zelophyllum sp. (79383)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Bashkir) Zelophyllum sp. (13941 13955)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Zelophyllum sp. (81652)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Tajikistan Zelophyllum burnakense (13983) Zelophyllum intermedium (13984)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Nevada) Pycnostylus sp. (590)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) Fletcherina incognita (76277)
Helderbergian419.2 - 393.3USA (Nevada) Zelophyllum sp. (596)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Tajikistan Cyathopaedium paucitabulatum (45790) Pycnostylus sp. (84334)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Tajikistan Zelophyllum fascicularis (45830)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Cyathopaedium sp. (25364)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Depasophyllum adnetum, Depasophyllum sp. (3845) Depasophyllum sp. (3846)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany Cyathopaedium paucitabulatum (60159 60165) Cyathopaedium sp. (60143 60147 60163)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Depasophyllum tabulatum (76266)