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Taeniolitidae

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Taeniolitidae

Taxonomy
Taeniolitidae was named by Lin and Chow (1977).

It was assigned to Helioliticae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Taeniolitidae Lin and Chow
1981Taeniolitidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyHelioliticaeLindström 1876
familyTaeniolitidaeLin and Chow 1977
familyTaeniolitidaeLin and Chow 1977

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. †Taeniolitidae Lin and Chow 1977
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G. †Bogimbailites Bondarenko 1966
G. †Taeniolites Bondarenko 1961
G. †Wormsipora Sokolov 1955
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 Eastonian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 452.70000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation Wormsipora karasuensis (78801)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8China (Qinghai) Wormsipora sp. (68633)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (XinJiang) Wormsipora sp. (20785)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (NingXia) Wormsipora sp. (20761)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (XinJiang) Taeniolites sp. (8579)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) Taeniolites sp., Wormsipora sp. (153816)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Wormsipora sinkiangensis, Wormsipora orientalis (221276)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Wormsipora minuta (205662)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Wormsipora sp. (2729 2730 2732)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Shaanxi) Wormsipora sp. (8538)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (ZheJiang) Taeniolites sp. (7777)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation Wormsipora karasuensis (78802)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (GanSu) Wormsipora sp. (8559 8564)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Ningxia) Wormsipora sp. (8544)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Zhejiang) Taeniolites zhejiangensis, Taeniolites arcatabulatus, Wormsipora siyangensis (80684) Wormsipora sp. (80686)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (XinJiang) Wormsipora sp. (20807)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (Shaanxi) Taeniolites sp. (8537)