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Pleurodictyum

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurodictyum was named by Goldfuss (1829) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-u D Fras-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Micheliniinae by Murray (1985); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Pleurodictyum Goldfuss
1985Pleurodictyum Murray p. 34
2002Pleurodictyum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMicheliniidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
subfamilyMicheliniinaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
genusPleurodictyumGoldfuss 1829

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. †Pleurodictyum Goldfuss 1829
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†Pleurodictyum subramosum Easton et al. 1958
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 Ludlow to the top of the Osagean or 427.40000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (154 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Kentucky) P. louisvillensis (5676)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Australia (Victoria) P. megastoma (10187 10191 10193)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Argentina P. sp. (25060 25061 25062)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Australia (Victoria) P. megastoma (25712)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Argentina P. sp. (25058)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) P. sp. (13017 13021 13024 13040 13041)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Australia (Victoria) P. sp. (495)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (37051)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Tajikistan P. sp. (13977)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Argentina P. sp. (25055)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (New South Wales) P. megastoma (25706) P. megastoma, P. selcanum (24907)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8New Zealand P. sp. (40534)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (37052)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Algeria P. sp. (27473)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Tennessee) P. sp. (26852)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Bolivia P. sp. (25579)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) P. megastoma (8417 8484 8486 8494) P. megastoma, P. selcaum (7196)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (40058)
Lochkovian - Emsian419.2 - 393.3Tajikistan (Turkestan) P. sp. (76914)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9Australia (Victoria) P. megastoma (10154)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Germany (Hessen) P. triplex (38718)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Moravia) P. problematicum (25092)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6New Zealand P. megastomum (77224) P. selcanum, P. megastomum (77223)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Germany (Eifel) P. sp. (24388)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6France (Basse-Normandie) P. sp. (78171)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) P. megastoma (8496 8497 8499 8502 8503 8505 8508 10155) P. megastoma, P. selcanum (8504) P. megostoma (75683) P. sp. (647)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Turkey (Istanbul) P. problematicum, P. constantinopolitanum, P. bithynicum (32470)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Spain (Aragon) P. problematicum (40403)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Eifel) Pleurodictyum indet. (24625 24633)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5China (Guangxi) P. sp. (80473)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany P. hunsrueckianum (74300 74301) P. problematicum (182837)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand P. problematicum (40522)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (37054)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France (Alsace) P. microspinosum, P. latum, P. sp. A, P. sp. B (40505)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Eifel) Pleurodictyum indet. (24694 24695)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa P. bokkeveldense (35588 35589) P. bokkeveldense, P. sp. (a) (35578) P. bokkeveldense, P. sp. (b) (35590) P. sp. (c) (35581)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France P. sp. (56705)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Spain (Palencia) P. microspinosum (40349)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Hessen) P. petrii (38351) P. spp. (38349)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Colombia P. americanum (36017 36018)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (40039)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Venezuela P. sp. (35895)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain (Aragon) P. problematicum (40419)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain P. sp. (62185)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Germany P. sp. (60129)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Luxembourg P. problematicum (232220 233203)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (37056)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Kentucky) P. cylindricum, P. maximum (76992)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Indiana) P. cylindricum, P. maximum, P. michelinoidea, P. papillosa, P. spiculata (5703)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil (Para) P. sp. (37137)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7France P. problematicum (188453)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Venezuela P. sp. (35897 35898)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) P. convexa (9613) P. convexum, P. cylindricum (9547) P. convexum, P. cylindricus (9614)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Czech Republic P. sp. (77034)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7USA (Indiana) P. cornu (5708)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Kentucky) P. insigne, P. planum, P. wardi (5709)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Indiana) P. wardi, P. insigne, P. michelinoidea, P. speciosus, P. planum (11101)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) P. americanum (91239 91240 91243 91244 91249 91277 91278 91279) P. dividua (91091 91216 91217)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (9476)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) P. cornu (38475)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) P. cornu, P. plana (38457)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) P. sp. (627 669 670) P. styloporum (9661 9674 9908 9927)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Venezuela P. sp. (35902)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) P. americanum (8728 8732 8735 8737 8980 8989 8998 9014 9029 10108 10109 96213) P. dividua (8993 9003) P. sp. (5667 5668 5669 8794 8795 8797 8798 10540 10556 76163 94450) P. stylopora (9364)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Colombia (Boyaca) P. americanum (36012)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. sp. 1 (38300 38304) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (38302) P. sp. 2 (38295)
Famennian - Tournaisian372.2 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (38445)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (38428)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0Mexico (Sonora) P. subramosum (5616)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Georgia) P. sp. (164686)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Czech Republic P. dechenianum (38086 38090)