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Stylonites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pseudofavositidae

Taxonomy
Stylonites was named by Gerth (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u]. Its type is Stylonites porosa.

It was assigned to Pseudofavositidae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. porosa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Stylonites Gerth p. 11
1981Stylonites Hill
2002Stylonites Sepkoski

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

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. †Stylonites Gerth 1922
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†Stylonites porosa Gerth 1922
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 Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia S. porosa (39608 39610)