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Lichenaria

Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lichenariidae

Taxonomy
Lichenaria was named by Winchell and Schuchert (1895).

It was assigned to Lichenariidae by Murray (1985); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Lichenaria Winchell and Schuchert
1985Lichenaria Murray p. 32
2002Lichenaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderLichenariida
familyLichenariidaeOkulitch 1936
genusLichenariaWinchell and Schuchert 1895

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