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Protrochiscolithus

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Palaeoporitidae

Taxonomy
Protrochiscolithus was named by Troedsson (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-m]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Protrochiscolithus Troedsson
1981Protrochiscolithus Hill
2002Protrochiscolithus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
superfamilyCoccoseridicaeKiaer 1899
familyPalaeoporitidaeKiaer 1899
genusProtrochiscolithusTroedsson 1928

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. †Protrochiscolithus Troedsson 1928
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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 Maysvillian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 452.00000 to 445.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian460.9 - 449.5USA (New Mexico) P. hembrilloensis (80619)
Wildernessian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) P. magnus (26950)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.4Canada (Nunavut) P. kiaeri (101903)
Rawtheyan455.8 - 445.6Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (80603)
Maysvillian452.0 - 449.5USA (Texas) P. alemanensis (80617)
Maysvillian452.0 - 449.5Canada (Manitoba) P. sp. (34813)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (80613)
Richmondian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Nunavut) P. cummingi (360)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) P. kiaeri (23011 23018 23026 23037)