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Multisolenia

Anthozoa - Favositida - Multisoleniidae

Taxonomy
Multisolenia was named by Fritz (1937). Its type is Multisolenia tortuosa.

It was assigned to Palaeofavositinae by Klaamann (1964); to Multisoleniinae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Multisolenia Fritz
1964Multisolenia Klaamann
1981Multisolenia Hill
2002Multisolenia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMultisoleniidaeFritz 1950
subfamilyMultisoleniinaeFritz 1950
genusMultisoleniaFritz 1937

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. †Multisolenia Fritz 1937
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Multisolenia excelsa Klaamann 1961
Multisolenia temperans Klaamann 1962
Multisolenia tortuosa Fritz 1937
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 Raikkula to the top of the Ludlow or 440.80000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Canada (Northwest Territories) M. sp. (25748)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Alaska) M. sp. A (100903 100904)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) M. tortuosa (206465 206484 206541 206542 206543 206560)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Khakasiya) M. tortuosa (78710)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Manitoba) M. confluens (2977 3033) M. tortuosa (3009)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) M. formosa (79516 79525) M. misera, M. formosa (79514) M. sp. (79511) M. sp., M. tortuosa (79454) M. tortuosa (79459 79461 79483 79513)
Raikkula440.8 - 438.8Estonia (Rapla) M. tortuosaeformis (175046)
Raikkula440.8 - 438.8Estonia (Lääne) M. temperans (174984)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) M. sp. (79165 113368)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4China M. tortuosa (164287 164288)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Tuva) M. misera, M. tortuosa, M. temperans (78713)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) M. tortuosa (206347)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) M. formosa (79395) M. tortuosa (79394)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Hubei) M. sp. (27779)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) M. sp. (23253 23254)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) M. tortuosa (184765)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Yunnan) M. sp. (27851)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5China (Guizhou) M. guizhouensis, M. vangchangensis (27786)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) M. confluens (26365 26367 26419 26422) M. tortuosa (26678 26706)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Russian Federation M. nikoforovae (23498)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation M. misera (60245)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) M. formosa (79575 79576) M. nikiforovae (79528) M. sp. (79466 79485 79530 79533) M. tortuosa (79406 79468 79471)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Tyva) M. labyrinthica, M. tortuosa (78717) M. tortuosa (78720)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation M. sp. (24014)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Mongolia M. uralica, M. tortuosa (79684)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4China (Gansu) M. tortuosa (27826)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4China (Shaanxi) M. tortuosa (27802)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Siberia) M. formax, M. nikiforovae (206322) M. tortuosa (206378 206379 206380 206381)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0China (Gansu) M. tortuosa (27753)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) M. tortuosa (228316)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Uzbekistan M. extrema (79015)
Jaagarahu428.2 - 422.9Estonia (Saare) M. excelsa (175061 175074)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Kazakhstan M. sp. (24689) M. tortuosa (23754)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) M. sp. A (100895 100896 100898 100899)