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Fletcheriellidae

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Fletcheriellidae

Taxonomy
Fletcheriellidae was named by Sokolov (1965).

It was assigned to Auloporicae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Fletcheriellidae Sokolov
1981Fletcheriellidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyFletcheriellidaeSokolov 1965
familyFletcheriellidaeSokolov 1965

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. †Fletcheriellidae Sokolov 1965
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G. †Eofletcheriella Lin and Chow 1977
G. †Fletcheriella Sokolov 1955
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†Fletcheriella catervatima Volkova et al. 1978
G. †Neofletcheriella Lin 1975
G. †Pseudofletcheria Chi 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Wenlock or 453.00000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation Fletcheriella altaica, Fletcheriella amsassica (78800 78801)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (XinJiang) Eofletcheriella sp., Fletcheriella sp. (20785)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China Eofletcheriella primitva (193282)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) Eofletcheriella sp., Fletcheriella sp. (153816)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Fletcheriella altaica (205626)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Chukotka) Fletcheriella gigantica (80675)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) Eofletcheriella sp. (80138) Fletcheriella grandis, Fletcheriella hangzhouensis (80683) Fletcheriella sp. (80141)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Fletcheriella evenkiana (79449 79500 79503 79504) Fletcheriella gigantica (79407 79411 79437 79438) Fletcheriella sp. (79410 79499 79556) Fletcheriella sp., Fletcheriella catervatima (79554)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Canada (Quebec) Pseudofletcheria sp. (730 740)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0China (Xinjiang) Fletcheriella gigantea (27764)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) Fletcheriella sp. (23248)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Shaanxi) Fletcheriella sp. (23251)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4China (Gansu) Fletcheriella sp. (27914)