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Lichenariidae

Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lichenariidae

Taxonomy
Lichenariidae was named by Okulitch (1936).

It was assigned to Chaetetida by Hill (1981); and to Lichenariida by Elias et al. (2007).

Subtaxa
Lichenaria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Lichenariidae Okulitch
1981Lichenariidae Hill
2007Lichenariidae Elias et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderLichenariida
familyLichenariidaeOkulitch 1936
familyLichenariidaeOkulitch 1936

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. †Lichenariidae Okulitch 1936
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G. †Lichenaria Winchell and Schuchert 1895
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†Lichenaria goodrichi Hall 1963
†Lichenaria sisyphi Pestana 1960
†Lichenaria typa Winchell and Schuchert 1895
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 Gasconadian to the top of the Edenian or 485.40000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Texas) Lichenaria sp. (271)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3USA (Maryland) Lichenaria sp. (285)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3USA (Virginia) Lichenaria sp. (80573)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Lichenaria sp. (104407)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Virginia) Lichenaria sp. (6986)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Lichenaria sp. (45281 45290)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Lichenaria heroensis (80819) Lichenaria sp. (80820)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Lichenaria sp. (104299 104303 104388 104390 104406 104531)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (California) Lichenaria sp. (104345)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (Georgia) Lichenaria sp. (33332 33333 33334 33335)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) Lichenaria sp. (2708 2714)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) Lichenaria sp. (8540)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China Lichenaria sp. (226151)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Kazakhstan Lichenaria sp. (80224)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation Lichenaria sp. (24016)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Lichenaria carterensis (34224 34235 34237 34241 34243 34244 34245 34246)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) Lichenaria sp. (80005)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (California) Lichenaria carterensis (219306)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Lichenaria sp. (2685)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Lichenaria sp., Lichenaria coboconkensis (26175 26188 26191)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Lichenaria typa (175724)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Québec) Lichenaria sp. (27235)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lichenaria typa (55999)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lichenaria typa (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lichenaria typa (172817)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Lichenaria carterensis (5333)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Lichenaria grandis, Lichenaria globularis, Lichenaria parva (5351)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (California) Lichenaria goodrichi (219389) Lichenaria heroensis (219335)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Lichenaria sp. (2686)