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Syringolitidae

Anthozoa - Favositida - Syringolitidae

Taxonomy
Syringolitidae was named by Waagen and Wentzel (1886).

It was assigned to Favositina by Klaamann (1964); and to Favositicae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Syringolitidae Waagen and Wentzel
1964Syringolitidae Klaamann
1981Syringolitidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familySyringolitidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
familySyringolitidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886

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. †Syringolitidae Waagen and Wentzel 1886
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G. †Actinopora Vinassa da Regny 1918
G. †Ohnopora Minato and Minoura 1977
G. †Parafavosites Orlov 1930
G. †Syringolites Hinde 1879
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Syringolites kunthianus Lindström 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Ordovician to the top of the Lochkovian or 458.40000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Parafavosites sp. (25514)
Late/Upper Ordovician - Silurian458.4 - 419.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Parafavosites sp. (25509)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Parafavosites sp. (25553)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Kentucky) Syringolites vesiculosus (13236 13237)
Jaani433.6 - 431.3Estonia (Saare) Syringolites kunthianus (175057 175059 175060)
Jaani433.6 - 431.3Estonia (Hiiumaa) Syringolites kunthianus (160536)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Roemeria kunthiana (13591 13592)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Ukraine Syringolites kunthianus (23453)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Syringolites kunthianus (79471)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Roemeria kunthiana (13603)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Tajikistan Syringolites sp. (13978)