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Actinodictyon

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae

Taxonomy
Actinodictyon was named by Parks (1909). Its type is Actinodictyon canadense.

It was assigned to Actinostromatidae by Nestor (1964); to Actinodictyidae by Stearn et al. (1999); and to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. canadense (type species), A. suevicum
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Actinodictyon Parks
1964Actinodictyon Nestor
1999Actinodictyon Stearn et al.
2002Actinodictyon Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderClathrodictyidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
familyActinodictyidaeKhalfina and Yavorsky 1973
genusActinodictyonParks 1909

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. †Actinodictyon Parks 1909
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Actinodictyon suevicum Nicholson 1886
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2007-09-07 03:24:54
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:23:24
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Adavere to the top of the Givetian or 439.00000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Estonia (Rapla) A. suevicum (195609)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) A. sp. (79165)
Adavere439.0 - 428.2Estonia A. suevicum (175037)
Adavere439.0 - 428.2Estonia (Lääne) A. suevicum (175071)
Adavere439.0 - 428.2Estonia (Rapla) A. suevicum (175026)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) A. keelei (26675 26676)
Jaani433.6 - 431.3Estonia (Saare) A. suevicum (174959)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Russian Federation A. yavorskii, A. tschernovi (23495)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Estonia A. nestori (79879)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden A. tenue (77535)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territory) A. keelei (25642)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Russian Federation A. flexibilis, A. mica (60286)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine A. mica (23478)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Russian Federation A. mica, A. flexibilis (23714) A. sp. (23730 23734)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Russian Federation A. flexibilis (60287)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Canada (Nunavut) A. venustum (63277)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Guangxi) A. hybridium (82073)