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Lichenaria sisyphi

Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lichenariidae

Taxonomy
Lichenaria sisyphi was named by Pestana (1960). Its type specimen is UCMP 37708 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. B963, First South Section, Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Caradoc marine limestone in the Johnson Spring Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Lichenaria sisyphi Pestana pp. 869 - 870 figs. Pl. 111, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderLichenariida
familyLichenariidaeOkulitch 1936
genusLichenariaWinchell and Schuchert 1895
speciessisyphi

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.

Lichenaria sisyphi Pestana 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Caradoc or 458.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (California) Lichenaria carterensis (type locality: 219306)