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Bothrophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae

Taxonomy
Bothrophyllum was named by Trautschold (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u C Mosc Sepkoski's reference number: 680,1240].

It was assigned to Cyathopsidae by Hill (1956); to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002) and García-Bellido et al. (2004); and to Bothrophyllidae by Hill (1981), Flügel (1993) and Wang et al. (2006).

Species
B. baeri, B. hutianensis, B. orvini, B. proteum, B. rareseptatum
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. argenteum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Bothrophyllum Trautschold
1956Bothrophyllum Hill
1981Bothrophyllum Hill
1993Bothrophyllum Flügel pp. 53 - 54
2002Bothrophyllum Sepkoski
2004Botrophyllum García-Bellido et al. p. 1039
2006Bothrophyllum Wang et al. p. 335

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCaniniinaWang 1950
familyBothrophyllidaeFomichev 1953
genusBothrophyllumTrautschold 1879

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. †Bothrophyllum Trautschold 1879
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†Bothrophyllum baeri Stuckenberg 1895
†Bothrophyllum hutianensis Yu and Zhu 1988
†Bothrophyllum orvini Fedorowski 1967
†Bothrophyllum proteum Semenoff-Tianchansky 1974
†Bothrophyllum rareseptatum Dobrolyubova 1940
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 Famennian to the top of the Sakmarian or 372.20000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (New Mexico) B. argenteum (5974 5978) B. bilateralis (5977 5980) B. dibunophylloides (5976 5979)
Visean346.7 - 330.9China (Guizhou) B. longiseptatum (191256)
Visean346.7 - 330.9China B. longiseptatum (66877)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9China (Xinjiang) B. sp. (195847)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Japan B. sp. (49720)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Algeria B. proteum (134942)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (California) B. sp. (143611)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Japan B. sp. (49726)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen B. conicum (212497 212498) B. sp. (75724)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Egypt B. pseudoconicum (50124)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Japan B. domheri (49734)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Ukraine B. sp. (151334)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Japan B. domheri, B. sp. (49785)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) B. rareseptatum (109886)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen B. timanoides (75726)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Jiangxi) B. sp. (121531)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Canada (Yukon) B. sp. (25741)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen B. baeri (75728 105235) B. baeri, B. orvini (105236)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Jiangxi) B. hutianensis (121534)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Nunavut) B. sp. (115631)