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Heterophylliidae

Anthozoa - Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae

Taxonomy
Heterophylliidae was named by Dybowski (1873).

It was assigned to Heterocorallia by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Heterophylliidae Dybowski
1981Heterophylliidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterocoralliaSchindewolf 1941
familyHeterophylliidaeDybowski 1873
familyHeterophylliidaeDybowski 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. †Heterophylliidae Dybowski 1873
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G. †Heterophyllia McCoy 1849
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Subg. †Heterophyllia (Heterophylloides) Schindewolf 1941
†Heterophyllia angulata Duncan 1868
†Heterophyllia ornata McCoy 1849
G. †Hexaphyllia Shtukenberg 1904
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†Hexaphyllia ayzenvergi Weyer and Polyakova 1995
G. †Oligophylloides Rozkowska 1969
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†Oligophylloides pachythecus Rozkowska 1969
†Oligophylloides weyeri Berkowski 2002
G. †Pseudopetraia Soshkina 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Clonal: yeso
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: Attached, epifaunal suspension feeder, attached to algae (McKerrow, 1979).f
Created: 2009-04-13 10:59:59
Modified: 2009-04-13 12:59:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Serpukhovian or 419.20000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Tajikistan Pseudopetraia sp. (24739)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Morocco Oligophylloides maroccanus (211596 211597 211598)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Poland Oligophylloides pachythecus (134805) Oligophylloides pachythecus, Oligophylloides weyeri (134803)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Heterophyllia sp. (84307)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Oligophylloides pachythecus (134744 134745)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8France Heterophyllia sp. (38642)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Ireland Hexaphyllia sp. (78291)
Tournaisian - Chadian358.9 - 340.0Ireland Hexaphyllia sp. (76916)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Ireland Heterophyllia sp. (76497)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland Heterophyllia ornata (76515)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Hexaphyllia sp. (76877 76878)
Visean346.7 - 330.9China Heterophyllia sp. (66876)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Morocco (Meknes-Tafilalet) Heterophyllia ornata (99646 99651)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Hexaphyllia marginata, Hexaphyllia mirabilis (76659) Hexaphyllia sp. (76661)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Spain (Andalucia) Hexaphyllia mirabilis, Hexaphyllia marginata (79118)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9Belgium Heterophyllia ornata (10699)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9Morocco Hexaphyllia sp. (134863)
Asbian - Serpukhovian340.0 - 323.2Russian Federation Hexaphyllia sp. (13278)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Heterophyllia granulata (73391 73393 73400 73423 73426 73431) Hexaphyllia sp. (57131)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Spain (Andalucia) Heterophyllia ornata (79117) Hexaphyllia mirabilis (76854)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Ukraine Heterophyllia angulata, Hexaphyllia ayzenvergi (151319)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Morocco Hexaphyllia mirabilis (76727)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Spain (Andalucia) Hexaphyllia mirabilis (76855)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2France Hexaphyllia mirabilis (76632)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Japan Hexaphyllia sp. (49720)