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Diffingiinae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Diffingiidae

Taxonomy
Diffingiinae was named by Fedorowski (1985). Its type is Diffingia.

It was assigned to Diffingiidae by Fedorowski (1985).

Subtaxa
Diffingia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Diffingiinae Fedorowski p. 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderDiffingiina
familyDiffingiidae
subfamilyDiffingiinae
subfamilyDiffingiinae

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.

Subfm. †Diffingiinae Fedorowski 1985
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G. †Diffingia Fedorowski 1985
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†Diffingia coita Fedorowski 1985
†Diffingia collecticia Fedorowski 1985
†Diffingia divisa Fedorowski 1985
†Diffingia largifica Fedorowski 1985
†Diffingia tortuosa Fedorowski 1985
†Diffingia valida Fedorowski 1985
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 Kungurian or 298.90000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Diffingia valida (43468)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Diffingia divisa (101775)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Diffingia collecticia, Diffingia tortuosa (43564 75885) Diffingia divisa (43559) Diffingia largifica (43579) Diffingia largifica, Diffingia divisa (75935) Diffingia valida (43533)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Diffingia coita, Diffingia divisa (75927)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Diffingia coita (43562) Diffingia coita, Diffingia divisa (75925) Diffingia collecticia (75863 75865) Diffingia collecticia, Diffingia coita, Diffingia divisa (75922) Diffingia collecticia, Diffingia tortuosa (75864) Diffingia divisa (43561 75924) Diffingia largifica (43496 43497) Diffingia largifica, Diffingia coita, Diffingia tortuosa, Diffingia divisa (43560) Diffingia largifica, Diffingia collecticia, Diffingia coita, Diffingia divisa (75919) Diffingia largifica, Diffingia collecticia, Diffingia coita, Diffingia tortuosa, Diffingia divisa (43534) Diffingia sp. n. 1, Diffingia collecticia, Diffingia coita, Diffingia tortuosa, Diffingia divisa (75923) Diffingia tortuosa (43566 44565)