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Mesofavosites pulchrum

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Mesofavosites pulchrum was named by Volkova et al. (1978). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sakkyryr River, Sette Daban Mountains, unit 14, which is in an Ashgill reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Baraniy Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Mesofavosites pulchrum Volkova et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
subfamilyPaleofavositinaeSokolov 1981
genusMesofavositesSokolov 1951
speciespulchrum

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.

Mesofavosites pulchrum Volkova et al. 1978
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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: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Mesofavosites pulchrum (79444 79445 type locality: 79562)