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Cyathophyllidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Cyathophyllidae Dana
1981Cyathophyllidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCyathophyllinaNicholson 1889
familyCyathophyllidaeDana 1846
familyCyathophyllidaeDana 1846

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. †Cyathophyllidae Dana 1846
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G. †Commutatophyllum Kaplan 1971
G. †Cyathophyllum Goldfuss 1826
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Subg. †Cyathophyllum (Cyathophyllum) Goldfuss 1826
†Cyathophyllum aequiseptatum Edwards and Haime 1851
†Cyathophyllum cannopse de Gregorio 1930
†Cyathophyllum captiosum de Gregorio 1930
†Cyathophyllum dianthus Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Prismatophyllum flexum Stumm 1838 [synonym]
†Cyathophyllum eurekaense Merriam 1974
†Cyathophyllum funatum de Gregorio 1930
†Cyathophyllum occidens Stumm 1938
†Cyathophyllum palmeri Meek 1877
†Cyathophyllum propevermiculare de Gregorio 1930
†Cyathophyllum ramosum de Gregorio 1930
†Cyathophyllum rugosum Hall 1834
†Cyathophyllum zenkeri Billings 1860
Invalid names: Orthocyathus Merriam 1974 [synonym]
G. †Glossophyllum Wedekind 1924
G. †Heterophaulactis Yü 1974
G. †Houershanophyllum Yü and Liao 1978
G. †Loomberaphyllum Pedder 1965
G. †Mansuyphyllum Fontaine 1961
G. †Mictophyllum Lang and Smith 1939
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G. †Moravophyllum Kettnerova 1932
G. †Peripaedium Ehrenberg 1834
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†Peripaedium winwinkyiae Aye Ko 1995
G. †Pseudozaphrentis Sun 1958
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†Pseudozaphrentis intermissa Schroeder and Salerno 2001
G. †Qiannanophyllum Kong 1978
G. †Radiophyllum Hill 1942
G. †Sterictophyllum Pedder 1965
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 443.80000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (159 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (GanSu) Cyathophyllum sp. (8559)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Alaska) Cyathophyllum sp. (111792 111804 111809 111810 111811 111812 111814 111850 111851 111852)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Cyathophyllum aequiseptatum (229259) Cyathophyllum bellis, Cyathophyllum sp. (229255) Cyathophyllum roemeri, Cyathophyllum sp. (229253) Cyathophyllum sp. (229252) Cyathophyllum sp. 2, Cyathophyllum sp. 3 (229251) Cyathophyllum sp., Cyathophyllum rugosum (229258) Cyathophyllum sp., Cyathophyllum rugosum, Cyathophyllum robustum (229257)
Silurian - Devonian443.8 - 358.9USA (Alaska) Cyathophyllidae indet. (108328)
Clinton439.0 - 438.0Canada (British Columbia) Cyathophyllum pennanti (5144 5146 5147 5149 5153)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Cyathophyllum interruptum, Cyathophyllum pennanti, Cyathophyllum articulatum (184842)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) Cyathophyllum sp. (26745 26746)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway Cyathophyllum sp. (14300 14321)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Cyathophyllum sp. (13591)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Iowa) Cyathophyllum sp. (25031)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Cyathophyllum sp. (471)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4India Cyathophyllum sp. (36259)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Norway Cyathophyllum sp. (14272 14273)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6USA (New York) Cyathophyllum sp. (26867)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Cyathophyllum disectum, Cyathophyllum sp. (13603)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (Maryland) Cyathophyllum sp. (41149)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Cyathophyllum bisectum (13620)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (Indiana) Cyathophyllum sp. (6706)
Gleedonian425.4 - 427.4Canada (Quebec) Cyathophyllum pennanti, Cyathophyllum articulatum (157356)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) Cyathophyllum sp. (517)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Australia (Queensland) Radiophyllum arborescens (40002) Radiophyllum sp. (40014)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) Cyathophyllum arborescens, Cyathophyllum sp. (25703)
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7USA (Alaska) Cyathophyllum sp. (101437)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9Australia (Victoria) Mictophyllum cresswelli (10133)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9USA (Alaska) Cyathophyllum sp. (112326 112338)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Mictophyllum creswelli (40360)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Vietnam Glossophyllum primitivum (83248)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Tajikistan Cyathophyllum pannosum (45790)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5USA (Nevada) Cyathophyllum eurekaense (90928 90929 90954)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5China (Guangxi) Heterophaulactis semicrassa (80472)
Couvinien - Givetian409.1 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Cyathophyllum pannosum (8474)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Mictophyllum sp., Radiophyllum sp. (3698)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (Queensland) Cyathophyllum arborescens (7210)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Pennsylvania) Cyathophyllum coronatum (232686)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic Cyathophyllum dianthus (77037)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Cyathophyllum zenkeri (231732)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Spain (Castilla-León) Cyathophyllum spongiosum (80640)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Glossophyllum excavatum (25364) Glossophyllum occidentale, Glossophyllum excavatum (25367 25368)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Myanmar Peripaedium gigantium, Peripaedium winwinkyiae (62951)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7United Kingdom (England) Cyathophyllum turbinatum (81012)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Houershanophyllum mcfarlanei (55485 55603 84256) Houershanophyllum mcfarlanei, Moravophyllum sp. (55468) Houershanophyllum sp. A (84255)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Cyathophyllum dianthus (6014)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7China (Yunnan) Peripaedium planum (77802)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7Myanmar (Shan) Peripaedium gigantium, Peripaedium winwinkyiae (147607)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Nevada) Cyathophyllum sp. (229418)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Alaska) Cyathophyllidae indet. (40663) Cyathophyllum sp. (111857 111858 111860 111901 111903 111919 111920 111946 111949 111954 111955 111957 112340)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (California) Cyathophyllidae indet. (226304) Cyathophyllum sp. (214584 229420 229421)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Moravophyllum ptenophylloides, Moravophyllum tenuiseptatum, Glossophyllum multifossatum (5767)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Morocco Glossophyllum ceratites (62894)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Canada (Manitoba) Cyathophyllum vermiculare (624)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic Moravophyllum ptenophylloides, Cyathophyllum dianthus (84368)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Cyathophyllum sp. (34871)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany Cyathophyllum sp. (60149 60160)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Canada (British Columbia) Houershanophyllum sp. A (84238) Houershanophyllum sp. A, Houershanophyllum mcfarlanei, Peripaedium sp. A (84253)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7United Kingdom (England) Cyathophyllum planum (81021) Cyathophyllum turbinatum, Cyathophyllum spongiosum (81014)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany Glossophyllum schouppei, Pseudozaphrentis intermissa (143798) Glossophyllum soetenicum (36683 36857) Glossophyllum sp., Glossophyllum ceratites (36685)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Cyathophyllum sentum (8473)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (British Columbia) Houershanophyllum sp. A, Peripaedium sp. A (84245)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Iran Glossophyllum ceratites, Glossophyllum shouppei (181591)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Hunan) Cyathophyllum sp. (34988)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Glossophyllum schouppei (81729 81738) Glossophyllum soetenicum (81733 81735)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France Cyathophyllum briceae (38681)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Thailand Cyathophyllidae indet. (82083)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Guangxi) Pseudozaphrentis curvata (4846) Pseudozaphrentis sp. (34890)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Cyathophyllum sp. (626) Cyathophyllum sp. A (84241) Moravophyllum sp. (55467 55477) Peripaedium gretneri (84239 84240) Peripaedium sp. A (84242)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2United Kingdom (England) Cyathophyllum sp. (81048)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cyathophyllum sp. (77788)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Austria (Kärnten) Cyathophyllum sp. (81665)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2China Pseudozaphrentis hejiazhaiense (212695)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British Columbia) Mictophyllum semidilatum (83798) Mictophyllum semidilatum, Mictophyllum sp. (40288)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Vardak) Cyathophyllidae indet. (75083)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Mictophyllum nobile, Mictophyllum semidilatum, Mictophyllum spp. (40147) Mictophyllum sp. (40143 40281)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Cyathophyllum depressum (131546 131547)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British Colombia-Alberta) Mictophyllum semidilatum, Mictophyllum spp. (40286)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2China (Hunan) Mictophyllum sp., Pseudozaphrentis difficile, Pseudozaphrentis curvata (40569) Pseudozaphrentis curvatum (40955)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Mictophyllum orientalis (76265)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (British Columbia-Alberta) Mictophyllum sp. (40285)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Alaska) Cyathophyllum sp. (112156)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Spain (Castilla y Leon) Cyathophyllum postarduum (82148)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cyathophyllum sp. (82561)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Tajikistan Radiophyllum sp. (184352)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain (Asturias) Cyathophyllum sp. (25436)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain (Leon) Cyathophyllum sp. (26849)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Canada (Alberta) Mictophyllum semidilatum, Mictophyllum nobile (83730)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Kazakhstan Commutatophyllum cincinnatus (73214)
Mississippian - Permian358.9 - 251.902Canada (Nunavut) Cyathophyllum sp. (102054)
Pennsylvanian - Permian323.2 - 251.902Canada (Nunavut) Cyathophyllum sp. (102051)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Cyathophyllum propevermiculare, Cyathophyllum funatum, Cyathophyllum cannopse, Cyathophyllum ramosum, Cyathophyllum captiosum (233340)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Indonesia Cyathophyllum sp. (132776)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Madagascar (Diana) Cyathophyllum sp. (81987)