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Cyrtophyllidae

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Cyrtophyllidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtophyllidae was named by Sokolov (1950).

It was assigned to Proporicae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Cyrtophyllidae Sokolov
1981Cyrtophyllidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyCyrtophyllidaeSokolov 1950
familyCyrtophyllidaeSokolov 1950

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. †Cyrtophyllidae Sokolov 1950
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G. †Cyrtophyllum Lindström 1882
G. †Karagemia Dzyubo 1960
G. †Rhaphidophyllum Lindström 1882
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 Wildernessian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Cyrtophyllum baragashensis (205559)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Cyrtophyllum sp. (79492 79550)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Cyrtophyllum sp. (9298)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation Cyrtophyllum sp., Karagemia altaica (78801)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Alaska) Rhaphidophyllum sp. A (100871 100874 100878 100883)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Cyrtophyllum pattersoni (26947 26948 26949 26950) Cyrtophyllum pattersoni, Cyrtophyllum sp. (26957)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Cyrtophyllum dengum (204809 204812 204814)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Cyrtophyllum densum, Cyrtophyllum lambeiformum (232332)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Cyrtophyllum samyshiensis, Cyrtophyllum karasuensis, Cyrtophyllum kaniensis, Cyrtophyllum sp. (205662)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Cyrtophyllum pattersoni (27112)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Cyrtophyllum aspinatum (79494) Cyrtophyllum samyshiensis (79552)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation Cyrtophyllum samyshiensis, Cyrtophyllum kaniensis (78802)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (QingHai) Cyrtophyllum sp. (8678)