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Palaeophyllum
Taxonomy
Palaeophyllum was named by Billings (1858). Its type is Paleophyllum hashimoto.
It was corrected as Paleophyllum by Blazer (1975).
It was assigned to Favistellidae by Reiman (1958); to Streptelasmatinae by Hill (1956) and Pestana (1960); to Corallinaceae by Blazer (1975); to Stauriidae by Merriam (1972), Merriam (1973) and Gierlowski and Langenheim (1985); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).
It was corrected as Paleophyllum by Blazer (1975).
It was assigned to Favistellidae by Reiman (1958); to Streptelasmatinae by Hill (1956) and Pestana (1960); to Corallinaceae by Blazer (1975); to Stauriidae by Merriam (1972), Merriam (1973) and Gierlowski and Langenheim (1985); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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. †Palaeophyllum Billings 1858
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†Palaeophyllum cateniforme Flower 1961
†Palaeophyllum gracile Flower 1961
†Palaeophyllum humei Sinclair 1961
†Palaeophyllum margaretae Flower 1961
†Palaeophyllum radugini Nelson 1963
†Palaeophyllum tubuliferum Reiman 1958
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. W. Merriam 1972 | Phaceloid Stauriidae with narrow peripheral stereozone; no dissepiments. Major lamellar septa long and simple, minor septa short; tabulae complete, commonly arched with axial depression. Forms large colonies by lateral increase | |
| C. W. Merriam 1973 | Phaceloid Stauriidae with narrow peripheral stereozone and no dissepiments. Major septa long and simple, minor septa short; tabulae complete, commonly arched with axial depression. Forms very large colonies by lateral increase. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Ordovician to the top of the Ludlow or 485.40000 to 423.00000 Ma
Collections (89 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ibexian | USA (Nevada) | P. sp. (104522) | |
| Ordovician | Canada (Nunavut) | P. sp. (109054) | |
| Middle Ordovician | USA (California) | P. sp. (196189 196190 196191) | |
| Whiterockian | USA (California) | P. sp. (104345) | |
| Soudleyan - Actonian | Norway | P. sp. (34844) | |
| Caradoc | Canada (Northwest Territories) | P. sp. (25319 25320 25321) | |
| Gisbornian - Eastonian | Australia (New South Wales) | P. sp. (2698) | |
| Late/Upper Ordovician | Canada (Northwest Territories) | P. pasense (25751) P. sp. (25514) P. sp., P. pasense (25435) P. spp., P. halysitoides (25506) | |
| Onnian | Australia (Tasmania) | P. spp. (26238) | |
| Katian | China | P. sp. (173372) | |
| Katian | Mongolia (Bayanhongor) | P. thomi (79589) | |
| Eastonian - Marshbrookian | Australia (New South Wales) | P. sp. (2722) | |
| Eastonian | Australia (New South Wales) | P. sp. (2699 2754) | |
| Eastonian - Onnian | Australia (New South Wales) | P. sp. (2661 2747) | |
| Eastonian - Onnian | Australia (Tasmania) | P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (2686) | |
| Eastonian - Bolindian | Australia (New South Wales) | P. sp. (2748) | |
| Edenian | USA (New Mexico) | P. gracile, P. margaretae, P. cateniforme (80619) | |
| Edenian | USA (Texas) | P. gracile, P. margaretae, P. cateniforme (80618) | |
| Edenian - Richmondian | Canada (Manitoba) | P. halysitoides (13655 13657) P. stokesi (13656) P. stokesi, P. halysitoides (13654) | |
| Maysvillian | USA (Texas) | P. thomi (65148 65152 65155 80617) | |
| Maysvillian | Canada (Manitoba) | P. sp. (34813) | |
| Richmondian | Canada (Nunavut) | P. raduguini (169387) P. sp. (109060) | |
| Richmondian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | P. halysitoides (27112) P. sp. (188769) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Wyoming) | P. gracile (65236) P. humei (65235) | |
| Richmondian - Gamachian | Canada (Manitoba) | P. raduguini (23011 23026) P. stokesi, P. raduguini (23024) | |
| Richmondian - Gamachian | Canada (Québec) | P. clion (24384) | |
| Pusgillian | China (ZheJiang) | P. sp. (7777) | |
| Ashgill | Canada (Québec) | P. clion (24445) | |
| Ashgill | Mongolia | P. lebediense, P. crassum, P. patulum (79594) P. lebediense, P. virgultum (79638) | |
| Ashgill | China (Jiangxi) | P. sp. (80138) | |
| Ashgill | China (XinJiang) | P. sp. (20790) | |
| Gamachian | Canada (Québec) | P. clion (24343 24371 24373) | |
| Gamachian | Canada (Manitoba) | P. pasense (26361 26362) | |
| Gamachian | Canada (Quebec) | P. clion (80615) | |
| Rawtheyan - Cautleyan | Russian Federation (Siberia) | P. sp. (9313) | |
| Rawtheyan | Canada (Quebec) | P. vaurealensis (80603) | |
| Hirnantian | Norway (Oslo) | P. sp. (159523) | |
| Hirnantian | Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) | P. sp. (439) | |
| Hirnantian | Canada (Québec) | P. clion (24443) | |
| Rhuddanian | Canada (Quebec) | P. sp. (12938 197360) | |
| Rhuddanian | Canada (Ontario) | P. sp. (79159) P. umbellicrescens (79160) | |
| Juuru | Estonia (Lääne) | P. tubuliferum (174141) | |
| Juuru | Estonia | P. fasciculum (77387) | |
| Llandovery | USA (California) | P. sp. (79808 229638) P. sp. c (226659) | |
| Llandovery | Russian Federation (Yakutiya) | P. oakdalensis (79507) P. sp. (79506) | |
| Llandovery | Ukraine | P. fasciculum (23343) | |
| Llandovery | Canada (Quebec) | P. sp. (12424) | |
| Llandovery | China (Guizhou) | P. sp. (27900) | |
| Llandovery - Ludlow | China (Xinjiang) | P. jingheense, P. siluriense (27764) | |
| Aeronian | China | P. sp. (61431) | |
| Aeronian - Telychian | China (Guizhou) | P. sp. (27789) | |
| Telychian | Australia (Queensland) | P. sp. (39227 39228) | |
| Telychian | China (Hubei) | P. hubeiensis (27779) | |
| Wenlock | USA (New York) | P. multicaule (13054) P. sp. (473) | |
| Wenlock | Russian Federation (Yakutiya) | P. sp. (79471) P. tubuliferum (79532) | |
| Wenlock | USA (Alaska) | P. sp. (100930) | |
| Ludlow | USA (California) | P. sp. (79734) |