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Chondrophorina

Hydrozoa - Hydroida

Taxonomy
Chondrophorina was named by Chamisso and Eysenhardt (1821).

It was assigned to Hydroida by Waggoner and Collins (1995); and to Hydrozoa by Bambach et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Chondrophorina Chamisso and Eysenhardt
1995Chondrophorina Waggoner and Collins p. 13
2007Chondrophorina Bambach et al. p. S80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderHydroidaJohnston 1836
suborderChondrophorinaChamisso and Eysenhardt 1821
suborderChondrophorinaChamisso and Eysenhardt 1821

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.

Subor. †Chondrophorina Chamisso and Eysenhardt 1821
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Fm. †Chondroplidae Wade 1971
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Palaelophacmaea valentinei Waggoner and Collins 1995
G. †Gelenoptron Conway Morris 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: passively mobilesubo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: planktonicsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Comments: COMMENTS: Pelagic tiering, non-motile unattached motility, and suspension-feeding.subo
Created: 2009-05-11 21:54:21
Modified: 2009-05-11 23:54:21
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 511.20000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Palaelophacmaea valentinei (218890)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Japan Palaelophacmaea annulata (66079 66081 66082)