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Neomphyma

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Neomphyma was named by Soshkina (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 1240]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spongophyllidae by Hill (1956); to Kyphophyllidae by Merriam (1973); to Ptenophyllinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. crassa, N. crawfordi
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. originata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Neomphyma Soshkina
1956Neomphyma Hill
1973Neomphyma Merriam p. 51
1981Neomphyma Hill
2002Neomphyma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPtenophyllinaWedekind 1927
familyPtenophyllidaeWedekind 1923
subfamilyPtenophyllinaeWedekind 1923
genusNeomphymaSoshkina 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. †Neomphyma Soshkina 1937
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†Neomphyma crassa Tyazheva et al. 1976
†Neomphyma crawfordi Merriam 1973
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Merriam 1973Solitary and fasciculate rugose corals with slender cylindrical mature corallites having a narrow peripheral stereozone, large irregular peripheral lonsdaleioid dissepiments, and a few thin nonuniform discontinuous septa, which may extend to the axis. T abularium usually narrow; tabulae very unevenly developed, either widely spaced or closely set.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Zlichovian or 419.20000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') N. separata (40698)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Tajikistan N. originata (13980 45840) N. originata, N. karpinskiensis (13981 13982) N. sp. (24739) N. striata (45789)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation N. origina, N. simplex (24741) N. originata (13959 13964 24015) N. simplex (13960) N. sp. (24738)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) N. originata (81749)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) N. originata, N. rosiformis (81652)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (Yukon) N. sp. (14009 14010 14012)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Nevada) N. karpinskiense, N. sp. (36957) N. sp. (36951 36965)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Bashkir) N. originata (13955) N. originata, N. rosiformis (13941)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Russian Federation N. sp. (24774)
Lochkovian - Zlichovian419.2 - 391.9Canada (Yukon) N. sp. (603)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) N. crassa (81654)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Tajikistan N. originata, N. striatum, N. gissarica (45790)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Tajikistan N. originata (45830)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Belgium N. sp. (84298)