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Planalveolites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae

Taxonomy
Planalveolites was named by Lang and Smith (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Planalveolites Lang and Smith
1981Planalveolites Hill
2002Planalveolites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyAlveolitidaeDuncan 1872
subfamilyAlveolitinaeDuncan 1872
genusPlanalveolitesLang and Smith 1939

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. †Planalveolites Lang and Smith 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available