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Lophophyllidium profundum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Taxonomy
Cyathaxonia profunda was named by Milne-Edward and Haime (1851) [NOT: Lophophyllum profundum Beede, 1900, Kansas Univ. Geol. Survey, vol. 6, pt. 2, p. 17, pl. 2, fig. 7, 7b—Woodruff, 1906, Nebraska Geol. Survey, vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 260, pl. 5, fig. 4.—Girty, 1915, U.S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 544, p. 19, pl. 2, figs. 1-6a, pl. 6, figs. 12,14.—Mather, 1915, Denison Univ., Sci. Lab., Bull., vol. 18, p. 91, pl. 1, figs. 11-13.—Plummer and Moore, 1921, Univ. Texas, Bull. 2132, p. 79, pl. 13, fig. 14, pl. 20, figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, pl. 23, figs. 3-6.—Morgan, 1924, Oklahoma Bur. Geol., Bull. 2, p. 192, pl. 32, figs. 2a-d.—Croneis, 1930, Arkansas Geol. Survey, Bull. 3, p. 134, pl. 27, fig. 1.—Kelly, 1930, Jour. Paleontology, vol. 4, p. 136, pl. 11, figs. 1, 2—Sayre, 1930, Kansas Geol. Survey, Bull. 17, p. 85, pl. 1, figs. 3-5.—Heritsch, 1936, Palaeontographica, Bd. 83, Abt. A, p. 108, pl. 17, figs. 15-18, text-fig.--pl. 2, fig. 9.].

It was recombined as Lophophyllum profundum by Girty (1915); it was recombined as Lophophyllidium profundum by Jeffords (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Cyathaxonia profunda Milne-Edward and Haime p. 323
1915Lophophyllum profundum Girty pp. 19 - 27 figs. Plate 11, figures 1-&; Plate VI, figures 12, 14.
1942Lophophyllidium profundum Jeffords figs. Plate 1, figure 4; plate 8, figure 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyLophophyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusLophophyllidiumGrabau 1928
speciesprofundum(Milne-Edward and Haime 1851)

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.

Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 09:12:54
Modified: 2007-09-18 11:12:54
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Lophophyllum profundum (924 928 930 931 934 941 957 962 979 986 996 1006 1012 1014 1015 1016 1037 1038 1044)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Lophophyllum profundum (1040 8638 8643 8649)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9USA (Utah) Lophophyllidium profundum (39983 39988 39989 39990)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Lophophyllum profundum (159900 159901 159902)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Lophophyllum profundum (184103 184105 184106)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Lophophyllidium profundum (39813)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Lophophyllum profundum (174923 175101 175102 175188)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Lophophyllum profundum (69720)