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Trachypsammiidae

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Trachypsammiidae

Taxonomy
Trachypsammiidae was named by Gerth (1922). Its type is Trachypsammia.

It was assigned to Auloporicae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Trachypsammiidae Gerth p. 13
1981Trachypsammiidae 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)
familyTrachypsammiidae
familyTrachypsammiidae

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. †Trachypsammiidae Gerth 1922
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G. †Dictyopora Gerth 1922
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Dictyopora incrustans Gerth 1922
G. †Oculinella Yakovlev 1939
G. †Starostinella Nowinski 1997
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Starostinella nordica Nowinski 1997
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Changhsingian or 293.52000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3East Timor Dictyopora incrustans (21163)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Svalbard and Jan Mayen Starostinella nordica (131204)