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Meniscophyllum durhami

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae

Taxonomy
Meniscophyllum durhami was named by Langenheim and Tischler (1960). Its type specimen is UCMP 36444b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-9449, Andy Hills, Cottonwood Range, which is in a Mississippian carbonate limestone in the Tin Mountain Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Meniscophyllum durhami Langenheim, Jr. and Tischler pp. 112 - 115 figs. Figs. 7, a-d; 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderStereolasmatina
familyHapsiphyllidaeGrabau 1928
subfamilyHapsiphyllinaeGrabau 1928
genusMeniscophyllumSimpson 1900
speciesdurhami

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.

†Meniscophyllum durhami Langenheim, Jr. and Tischler 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Early/Lower Mississippian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Mississippian358.9 - 346.7USA (California) Meniscophyllum durhami (type locality: 226746 226804)