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Palaelophacmaea

Hydrozoa - Hydroida - Chondroplidae

Taxonomy
Palaelophacmaea is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chondroplidae by Waggoner and Collins (1995); and to Hydroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Palaelophacmaea Waggoner and Collins p. 13
2002Palaelophacmaea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderHydroidaJohnston 1836
suborderChondrophorinaChamisso and Eysenhardt 1821
familyChondroplidaeWade 1971
genusPalaelophacmaea

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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Palaelophacmaea valentinei Waggoner and Collins 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: passively mobilesubo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: planktonicsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 21:54:21
Modified: 2009-05-11 23:54:21
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 511.20000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) P. valentinei (218890)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Japan P. annulata (66079 66081 66082)