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Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Taxonomy
Lophophyllidium wewokanum was named by Jeffords (1947). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Allen, Pontotoc, which is in a Desmoinesian marine horizon in the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma.

It was recombined as Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum by Fedorowski (1987).

Synonyms
  • Lophophyllidium coniforme was named by Jeffords (1947). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wann, Washington, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Vilas Shale Formation of Oklahoma.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum by Fedorowski (1987).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Lophophyllidium coniforme Jeffords
1947Lophophyllidium wewokanum Jeffords
1987Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum Fedorowski p. 120 figs. 42:1-4; pl 12, fig 17; pl 14, figs 1,2,3,6,9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyLophophyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusLophophyllidiumGrabau 1928
subgenusLophophyllidiumGrabau 1928
specieswewokanum(Jeffords 1947)

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.

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Invalid names: Lophophyllidium coniforme Jeffords 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 09:12:54
Modified: 2007-09-18 11:12:54
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Asselian or 312.80000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Lophophyllidium wewokanum (type locality: 71489 71490)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Lophophyllidium coniforme (71491 71494)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Lophophyllidium coniforme (71492 71493 71495 71496)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Lophophyllidium wewokanum (43483 43487 43537)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Lophophyllidium wewokanum (43556)