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Heliolitidae

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae

Taxonomy
Heliolitidae was named by Lindström (1876). Its type is Heliolites.

It was assigned to Tabulata by Hill (1953); to Helioliticae by Hill (1981); and to Heliolitina by Dixon (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Heliolitidae Lindström
1953Heliolitidae Hill
1981Heliolitidae Hill
1998Heliolitidae Dixon

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyHelioliticaeLindström 1876
familyHeliolitidaeLindström 1876
familyHeliolitidaeLindström 1876

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.

Fm. †Heliolitidae Lindström 1876
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G. †Dnestrites Bondarenko 1978
G. †Esthonia Sokolov 1955
G. †Heliolites Dana 1846
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Heliolites barrandei Penecke 1887
Heliolites occidentales Stauffer 1930
Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826
Heliolites waicunensis Lin and Chow 1977
G. †Helioplasma Kettnerova 1933
G. †Helioplasmolites Chekhovich 1955
G. †Ningqiangolites H.F. Chu 1975
G. †Okopites Bondarenko 1978
G. †Pachycanalicula Wentzel 1895
G. †Paeckelmannopora Weissermel 1939
G. †Saaremolites Sokolov 1955
Invalid names: Coccoserinae Lindström 1899 [empty]
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 Soudleyan to the top of the Middle Famennian or 458.40000 to 364.70000 Ma

Collections (443 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Heliolites interstinctus (24231) Heliolites megastoma, Heliolites interstinctus (24236)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) Heliolites sp. (2714 2715 2717 2750)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) Heliolites sp. (8533)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China Heliolites sp. (91572)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Heliolites sp. (2698)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8China (Guizhou) Heliolites spinosus, Heliolites wudangensis, Heliolites huanghuachongensis (27781)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7Australia (Tasmania) Heliolitidae indet. (24252 24253)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (NingXia) Heliolites sp. (20761)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (XinJiang) Heliolites sp. (20785)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (XinJiang) Heliolites sp. (8579)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Heliolites porosus (80375) Heliolites sp. (66151)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Thailand Heliolites porosus (82097 82099 82100 82101) Heliolites sp. (82082) Heliolites sp., Heliolites porosus (82083)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Italy Heliolites sp. (84302)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Morocco (Sahara) Heliolites sp. (79496 79555)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Spain Heliolites sp. (27608 27609 27610)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Heliolitidae indet. (82565)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Poland Heliolites porosus (82739)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Western Sahara Heliolites porosus (81292)
Late/Upper Givetian - Frasnian380.2 - 372.2Germany Heliolites porosus (60179)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Morocco Heliolites sp. (176212)