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Paraheritschioides stevensi

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae

Taxonomy
Heritschioides stevensi was named by Wilson (1982). Its type specimen is UCMP 37207 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP D-862, Bayha, which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone/limestone in the McCloud Formation of California.

It was recombined as Paraheritschioides stevensi by Sando (1985), Wilson and Langenheim (1993) and Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Heritschioides stevensi Wilson p. 45 figs. 27a-b
1985Paraheritschioides stevensi Sando p. 980
1989Paraheritschioides jennyae Stevens and Rycerski p. 172 fig. 10.1,10.2,10.4,10.5,10.9
1993Paraheritschioides stevensi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. p. 938 fig. 4.6,4.7
2007Paraheritschioides stevensi Fedorowski et al. p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyKleopatrinidae
genusParaheritschioides
speciesstevensi()

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.

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Invalid names: Paraheritschioides jennyae Stevens and Rycerski 1989 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Nevada) Paraheritschioides stevensi (107966)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Canada (British Columbia) Paraheritschioides stevensi (107938)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Canada (Nunavut) Paraheritschioides stevensi (107888 107890 107891)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Peru Paraheritschioides stevensi (94888)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Nunavut) Paraheritschioides stevensi (107858)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Nevada) Paraheritschioides stevensi (108023)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Paraheritschioides jennyae (75822)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (California) Heritschioides stevensi (type locality: 62687) Paraheritschioides stevensi (107970)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) Paraheritschioides stevensi (61731)