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Paleofavosites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Paleofavosites was named by Twenhofel (1914). It is not extant. Its type is Favosites aspera.

It was corrected as Palaeofavosites by Klaamann (1964).

It was assigned to Tabulata by Nelson (1963); to Palaeofavositinae by Klaamann (1964); to Favositidae by Gierlowski and Langenheim (1985); to Paleofavositinae by Hill (1981) and Murray (1985); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonyms
  • Calamopora was named by Goldfuss (1829).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Paleofavosites by Hill (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Calamopora Goldfuss
1914Paleofavosites Twenhofel
1963Palaeofavosites Nelson
1964Palaeofavosites Klaamann
1981Paleofavosites Hill
1985Paleofavosites Gierlowski and Langenheim, Jr.
1985Paleofavosites Murray p. 34
2002Paleofavosites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
genusPaleofavositesTwenhofel 1914

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. †Paleofavosites Twenhofel 1914
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Palaeofavosites aaloei Klaamann 1959
Palaeofavosites abstrusus Klaamann 1961
Palaeofavosites alveolaris Goldfuss 1829
Palaeofavosites arcticus Poulsen 1941
Palaeofavosites aspera Dorbigny 1850
Palaeofavosites balticus Rukhin 1937
Palaeofavosites borealis Tchernychev 1937
Palaeofavosites collatatus Klaamann 1961
Palaeofavosites dagoensis Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites estonus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites felix Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites globosus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites gramineus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites hirtus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites hystrix Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites ignotus Klaamann 1959
Palaeofavosites juuru Klaamann 1959
Palaeofavosites legibilis Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites luhai Sokolov 1952
Palaeofavosites luxuriosus Klaamann 1962
Palaeofavosites mirus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites mullochensis Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Palaeofavosites mysticus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites oelaensis Klaamann 1959
Palaeofavosites optatus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites parilis Klaamann 1961
Palaeofavosites pauculus Klaamann 1961
Palaeofavosites paulus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites porosus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites primus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites rudis Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites rugosus Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites schmidti Sokolov 1951
Palaeofavosites septosus Sokolov 1952
Palaeofavosites tenuis Sokolov 1952
Palaeofavosites tersus Klaamann 1961
Palaeofavosites vetustus Klaamann 1961
Palaeofavosites vexatus Sokolov 1951
Paleofavosites barunurticus Sharkova 1981
Paleofavosites capax Billings 1866
Paleofavosites kuellmeri Flower 1961
Paleofavosites okulitchi Stearn 1956
Paleofavosites poulseni Teichert 1937
Paleofavosites prayi Flower 1961
Paleofavosites sparsus Flower 1961
Paleofavosites transiens Stearn 1956
Invalid names: Calamopora Goldfuss 1829 [synonym]
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: base of the Edenian to the top of the Julian or 451.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (323 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (Alaska) Palaeofavosites sp. (100893)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Palaeofavosites sp. (101902)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Palaeofavosites sp. (25514 25751) Palaeofavosites spp. (25435 25506 25508)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Alaska) Palaeofavosites sp. (100879 100880 100886 100890)
Late/Upper Ordovician - Silurian458.4 - 419.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Palaeofavosites sp. (25511)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8France (Manche) P. sp. (20849)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) P. carterensis (55999)
Onnian453.0 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Palaeofavosites sp. (26238)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Mongolia (Bayanhongor) Palaeofavosites argutus (170535)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China Palaeofavosites sp. (193285)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Belarus Calamopora sp. (23658)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine P. tersus (23463)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) Palaeofavosites sp. A, Palaeofavosites sp. B (100902)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0China (Xinjiang) Palaeofavosites moribundus (27795)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Mongolia P. barunurticus (79642 79644)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2China (Gansu) Palaeofavosites hanhsiensis (27757)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (Quebec) P. asper (228317)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Kazakhstan P. sp. (24743)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Indonesia Calamopora sp. (132776)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Calamopora spongites, Calamopora fibrosa (137429)