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Heliolites
Taxonomy
Heliolites was named by Dana (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Heliolitidae.
It was assigned to Heliolitidae by Dixon (1998); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Heliolitidae by Dixon (1998); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1846 | Heliolites Dana |
1998 | Heliolites Dixon |
2002 | Heliolites Sepkoski |
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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. †Heliolites Dana 1846
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†Heliolites barrandei Penecke 1887
†Heliolites occidentales Stauffer 1930
†Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826
†Heliolites waicunensis Lin and Chow 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Eastonian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 456.10000 to 364.70000 Ma
Collections (391 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician | Canada (Nunavut) | H. interstinctus (24231) H. megastoma, H. interstinctus (24236) | |
Gisbornian - Harnagian | Australia (New South Wales) | H. sp. (2714 2715 2717 2750) | |
Caradoc | China | H. sp. (91572) | |
Edenian | Canada (Nunavut) | H. interstinctus, H. megastoma (24225) | |
Gisbornian - Eastonian | Australia (New South Wales) | H. sp. (2698) | |
Caradoc - Ashgill | China (XinJiang) | H. sp. (20785) | |
Caradoc - Ashgill | China (NingXia) | H. sp. (20761) | |
Late/Upper Ordovician | China (Guizhou) | H. spinosus, H. wudangensis, H. huanghuachongensis (27781) | |
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian | China (Shaanxi) | H. sp. (8533) | |
Eastonian - Marshbrookian | Australia (New South Wales) | H. sp. (2720 2722) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
Givetian | Germany (Hessen) | H. sp. (77756) | |
Givetian | Australia (Queensland) | H. porosus (80375) H. sp. (66151) | |
Givetian | Vietnam | H. porosus (83288) | |
Givetian | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | H. sp. (75570) | |
Givetian | Afghanistan (Ghazni) | H. sp. (74993 84669) | |
Givetian | Spain (Castilla-León) | H. sp. (80711) | |
Givetian | Laos | H. porosus (82105) | |
Givetian - Frasnian | Italy | H. sp. (84302) | |
Frasnian | Spain | H. sp. (27608 27609 27610) | |
Middle Famennian | Morocco | H. sp. (176212) |