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Acanthophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Acanthophyllum was named by Dybowski (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-l D Fras-l Sepkoski's reference number: 680]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptenophyllidae by Hill (1956); to Ptenophyllinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Acanthophyllum Dybowski
1925Stenophyllum Wedekind
1956Acanthophyllum Hill
1981Acanthophyllum Hill
2002Acanthophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPtenophyllinaWedekind 1927
familyPtenophyllidaeWedekind 1923
subfamilyPtenophyllinaeWedekind 1923
genusAcanthophyllumDybowski 1873

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. †Acanthophyllum Dybowski 1873
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Subg. †Acanthophyllum (Grypophyllum) Birenheide 1961
Subg. †Acanthophyllum (Neostringophyllum) Wedekind 1922
†Acanthophyllum clermontense Etheridge 1911
†Acanthophyllum confusum Birenheide and Soto 1992
†Acanthophyllum trompetti Coen-Aubert 2013
Invalid names: Stenophyllum Wedekind 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Roadian or 419.20000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (152 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Tajikistan A. pseudohelianthoides (78882)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Bashkir) A. pseudohelianthoides (13941)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) A. aeneae, A. implicatum, A. turni, A. clermontense (25700)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Australia (Queensland) A. kennediense (40002) A. kennediense, A. sp. (40005) A. sp. (40014)
Lochkovian - Emsian419.2 - 393.3Tajikistan A. pseudohelianthoides (169315)
Lochkovian - Zlichovian419.2 - 391.9Canada (Yukon) Neostringophyllum sp. (603)
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7USA (Alaska) A. sp. (101439 101448 101486)
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7Canada (Yukon) A. sp. (101483)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9Australia (Victoria) A. mansfieldense (10135 10140 10146) A. mansfieldense, A. clermontensis (10136) A. sweeti (10131)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9USA (Alaska) A. sp. (100941 100948 101529) Neostringophyllum sp. (101496)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Prague) Acanthophyllum indet. (12071)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) A. heterophyllum (81793 81796) A. heterophyllum, A. irgislensis (81750)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (Alaska) A. sp. (36599 100292)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) A. irgislense (81654) A. irgislense, A. tenuiseptatum (81649)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) A. irgislense (81657 81660) A. tenuiseptatum (81659)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) A. heterophyllum (81790 81794 81797)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Tajikistan A. sp. (45830 45831)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) A. aequiseptatum (25716) A. aequiseptatum, A. clermontense (25719) A. aequiseptatum, Neostringophyllum implicatum (25715) A. mundum (25717)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Tajikistan A. pseudohelianthoides (45791)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation A. breviforme (35710 35711 35712)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') A. alatum, A. arctatoseptatum (40703)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) A. heterophyllum (81802)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (Queensland) A. clermontense (7210)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) A. clermontense (3698)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Spain (Asturias) A. sp. (5914)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (40011)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Tajikistan A. pseudohelianthoides (45838)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9China (Guangxi) A. sp. (4865)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Russian Federation A. breviforme (35718)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Australia (Queensland) A. clermontense (106560)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Spain (Leon) A. heterophyllum (26394)
Late/Upper Emsian - Early/Lower Givetian402.5 - 383.7Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (8476)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Russian Federation (Nenets) A. sp. (81606)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Kazakhstan Stenophyllum sp. (78841)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Alaska) A. sp. (36589 101454)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Mongolia Stenophyllum sp. (79716)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7United Kingdom (England) A. sp., A. heterophyllum (81012)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (80380)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) A. filosum (5866)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany A. vermiculare (25365)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) A. heterophyllum (79636)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (40012) A. sp. A, A. sweeti (80374)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Alaska) A. sp. a (108334) A. sp., A. sp. b (108329)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic A. sp. (84368)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Morocco A. vermiculare (62894)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belgium (Namur) A. heterophyllum (70367) A. vermiculare (70293 70342 70430 70434 70435) A. vermiculare, A. tortum (70366)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany A. sp. (60150) A. sp., Neostringophyllum sp. (197085) A. vermiculare (25369 60159)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. sp. (81736)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Asturias) A. concavum (25433 80292 80294 80297)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Poland A. sp. (83035)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. concavum (81727 81729 81732 81733 81737 81738 81739)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Kazakhstan Neostringophyllum waltheri (73197 73198)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Belgium (Namur) A. vermiculare (70281)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Castilla y Leon) A. confusum (82151)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Neostringophyllum waltheri (84385)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) A. sp. B (80376 80379 106535) A. sp. B, A. sweeti (80375)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7United Kingdom (England) A. concavum (81020 81021) A. sp. (38407) A. sp., A. concavum (81014 81022)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France A. concavum (38681)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Guangxi) A. sp. (3967 3968)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Castilla-León) A. concavum (80595 80711) A. concavum, A. heterophyllum (80591) A. sp., A. concavum (80708)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen,) A. sp. (77048)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Western Sahara A. concavum (81607)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Neostringophyllum waltheri (40711)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Vietnam Neostringophyllum heterophylloides (83244) Neostringophyllum sp. (83254)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany A. sp. (60176)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Neostringophyllum sp. (626)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2United Kingdom (England) A. concavum (81048)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Austria (Kärnten) A. sp. (81665)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) Neostringophyllum isetense (83918) Neostringophyllum waltheri (83919)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Morocco (Sahara) A. sp. (79496 79555)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) Neostringophyllum sp. (84339)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Alaska) Neostringophyllum sp. (36597)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Kazakhstan Neostringophyllum modicum (73207)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. sp. (82561) A. vermiculare (81740)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) Neostringophyllum waltheri (83914)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) Neostringophyllum waltheri (84336)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Poland A. sp. (82739)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Mauritania A. trompetti (151251 151253 151254 151255)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Germany A. sp., Neostringophyllum sp. (28047)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain (Leon) A. concavum, A. sp. (26849)
Late/Upper Givetian - Frasnian380.2 - 372.2Germany A. concavum (60180) A. vermiculare, A. sp. (60179)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3China (Heilongjiang) Stenophyllum sp. 1 (29904)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation Stenophyllum sp. 1 (30848 30855) Stenophyllum sp. 1, Stenophyllum sp. 2 (30852 30853)