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Heliolites

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Heliolites Dana
1998Heliolites Dixon
2002Heliolites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyHelioliticaeLindström 1876
familyHeliolitidaeLindström 1876
genusHeliolitesDana 1846

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
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: 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
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.4Canada (Nunavut) H. interstinctus (24231) H. megastoma, H. interstinctus (24236)
Gisbornian - Harnagian460.9 - 455.8Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (2714 2715 2717 2750)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5China H. sp. (91572)
Edenian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Nunavut) H. interstinctus, H. megastoma (24225)
Gisbornian - Eastonian460.9 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (2698)
Caradoc - Ashgill460.9 - 443.7China (XinJiang) H. sp. (20785)
Caradoc - Ashgill460.9 - 443.7China (NingXia) H. sp. (20761)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.4China (Guizhou) H. spinosus, H. wudangensis, H. huanghuachongensis (27781)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian457.5 - 452.0China (Shaanxi) H. sp. (8533)
Eastonian - Marshbrookian456.1 - 452.0Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (2720 2722)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Hessen) H. sp. (77756)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) H. porosus (80375) H. sp. (66151)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Vietnam H. porosus (83288)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) H. sp. (75570)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Afghanistan (Ghazni) H. sp. (74993 84669)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Castilla-León) H. sp. (80711)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Laos H. porosus (82105)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Italy H. sp. (84302)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Spain H. sp. (27608 27609 27610)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Morocco H. sp. (176212)