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Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) vermiculare

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophotichiidae

Taxonomy
Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) vermiculare was named by Fedorowski (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 197289 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM720e, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Paraduplophyllum (Vacoea) vermiculare Fedorowski p. 223 figs. 81-84; pl 38, figs 9-23; pl 40; pl 41, figs 3-13; pl 43, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyLophotichiidaeWeyer 1972
genusParaduplophyllum
subgenusVacoea
speciesvermiculare

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.

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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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Paraduplophyllum vermiculare (43559 43565 43579 type locality: 75885 75886 75930 75931 75933 75934 75935 75936)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Paraduplophyllum vermiculare (75929)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Paraduplophyllum vermiculare (43496 43534 43562 75862 75864 75865 75881 75923 75924)