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Ptychophyllidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptychophyllidae

Taxonomy
Ptychophyllidae was named by Dybowski (1873).

It was assigned to Cyathophyllina by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ptychophyllidae Dybowski
1981Ptychophyllidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCyathophyllinaNicholson 1889
familyPtychophyllidaeDybowski 1873
familyPtychophyllidaeDybowski 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. †Ptychophyllidae Dybowski 1873
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G. †Cyathactis Soshkina 1955
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†Cyathactis balticus Kaljo 1958
†Cyathactis gazellensis Merriam 1972
G. †Implicophyllum Sytova 1966
G. †Ptychophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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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 Silurian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 443.80000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Cyathactis affinis (80615)
Hirnantian - Rhuddanian445.2 - 440.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Cyathactis sp. (205661)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Alaska) Cyathactis sp. B (100903) Ptychophyllum sp. (111791 111812)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Ptychophyllum infundibulum (230235)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Quebec) Cyathactis sp., Cyathactis C. cormorantense (12938)
Juuru443.4 - 439.0Estonia Cyathactis balticus (174099)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Cyathactis euryone (206541 206542 206543)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Kentucky) Cyathactis sedentarius (13236 13237) Cyathactis typus, Cyathactis sedentarius (13194)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Cyathactis euryone (79525) Cyathactis euryone, Ptychophyllum ortoseptatum (79513) Ptychophyllum sibiricum (79514)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Ptychophyllum sp. (461 513)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Cyathactis cormorantense, Cyathactis euryone (12940) Cyathactis sp. (12424 12557)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation Cyathactis typus (24773)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Ptychophyllum sibiricum (206313)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4USA (Nevada) Ptychophyllum sp. (24787)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4China (Xinjiang) Ptychophyllum sp. (27816)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) Cyathactis euryone (12939) Cyathactis sp. (79165)
Clinton439.0 - 438.0Canada (British Columbia) Ptychophyllum sp. (5143 5145 5147 5151 5152 5153)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Ptychophyllum stokesi (184765)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Queensland) Cyathactis sp. (39223)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Tyva) Cyathactis typus (79925)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Ptychophyllum sp. (25250)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) Ptychophyllum spp. (49638)
Telychian - Gorstian438.5 - 425.6Japan (Gokase) Ptychophyllum sp. (140694)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Mongolia Cyathactis typus (79643)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Tyva) Cyathactis tenuiseptatus (79083)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4India Ptychophyllum sp. (36257)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Ptychophyllum ortoseptatum (79527)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Alaska) Cyathactis sp. (100931) Cyathactis sp. A, Ptychophyllum sp. (100930)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Iowa) Ptychophyllum sp. (25044)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) Cyathactis sp. B (100895)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (California) Cyathactis gazellensis (79733 229626 229632)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Ptychophyllum sp. (188872)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Vietnam Cyathactis tenuiseptata, Ptychophyllum sibiricum (83248)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British columbia) Ptychophyllum kindlei (50031)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British Columbia) Ptychophyllum kindlei (40288) Ptychophyllum kindlei, Ptychophyllum whittakeri (83798)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British Colombia-Alberta) Ptychophyllum kindlei (40286)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Ptychophyllum kindlei, Ptychophyllum whittakeri (40147)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Canada (Alberta) Ptychophyllum kindlei (83730)