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Epiphaxum

Anthozoa - Helioporacea

Taxonomy
Epiphaxum was named by Lonsdale (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Berr R]. It is extant. Its type is Epiphaxum auloporoides.

It was assigned to Helioporacea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Epiphaxum Lonsdale p. 261
2002Epiphaxum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderHelioporacea
genusEpiphaxum

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.

G. Epiphaxum Lonsdale 1850
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Epiphaxum arbuscula Lozouet and Molodtsova 2008
Epiphaxum auloporoides Lonsdale 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-11 07:06:57
Modified: 2007-10-11 09:06:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Burdigalian or 112.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) E. labyrinthicum (74763)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany E. murchisoni (74484)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France E. arbuscula (84324)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France E. arbuscula (84322)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France E. arbuscula (84326)