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Aulostegites

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae

Taxonomy
Aulostegites was named by Lejeune and Pel (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aulocystidae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Aulostegites Lejeune and Pel
1981Aulostegites Hill
2002Aulostegites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAulocystidaeSokolov 1950
genusAulostegitesLejeune and Pel 1973

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. †Aulostegites Lejeune and Pel 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Frasnian or 387.70000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Afghanistan (Ghazni) A. sp. (84664 84667 84668)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Vardak) A. sp. (84650)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Ghazni) A. sp. (75031 84662 84671)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Vardak) A. sp. (84640)
Frasnian - Famennian382.7 - 358.9Czech Republic (Moravia) A. sp. (39336)