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Allotropiophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae

Taxonomy
Allotropiophyllum was named by Grabau (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour P Guad]. It is not extant. Its type is Allotropiophyllum sinense.

It was assigned to Hapsiphyllinae by Hill (1981); to Hapsiphyllidae by Hill (1956) and Wang and Sugiyama (2001); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Allotropiophyllum Grabau
1956Allotropiophyllum Hill
1981Allotropiophyllum Hill
2001Allotropiophyllum Wang and Sugiyama p. 760
2002Allotropiophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStereolasmatina
familyHapsiphyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusAllotropiophyllumGrabau 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. †Allotropiophyllum Grabau 1928
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Allotropiophyllum eumetrium Crickmay 1955
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Invalid names: Allotropiophyllum anfuense Zhu 1982 [synonym], Allotropiophyllum fungum Wang and Zhao 1998 [synonym]
Allotropiophyllum sulciforme Zhao and Zhu 1991
Allotropiophyllum wuweiense Yan and Chen 1982
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 Silurian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 443.40000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.4 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (528)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) A. burringtonensis (8709)
Ivorian353.8 - 345.3United Kingdom (Wales) A. burringtonense (5880 5881 5882 5883 5887 5888 5889)
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4United Kingdom (England) A. tuberculatum (73392 73402)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Egypt A. sp. (50124)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) A. fungum (119992) A. heteroseptatum (75810 75811 75812 75814)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guizhou) A. sinense (95946)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jiangxi) A. anfuense (100764)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) A. sp. (144681)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Anhui) A. sinense (100192 100196) A. sp. (100198 100200 100211) A. wuweiense (100781)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Hunan) A. sp. (100069)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.9China (Hubei) A. heteroseptatum (109875) A. hubeiense (88895)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1China (Guizhou) A. sulciforme (121606)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Thailand (Ratchaburi) A. sp. (116879)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9China (Nei Mongol) A. sinense (109610)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9Cambodia A. sp. (124983)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Shaanxi) A. grabaui (120766)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Japan A. sp. (175051)