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Stauriida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2,418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 488 - 472 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. J. Elias. 1985. Solitary rugose corals of the Upper Ordovician Montoya Group, Southern New Mexico and Westernmost Texas. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 59(5):1-58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Arachnophyllina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 224 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Aulophyllina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 726 | 439 Ma Silurian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Calostylina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 64 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Caniniina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 477 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Columnariina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 1,733 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Cyathophyllina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 748 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Diffingiina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 70 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Ketophyllina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 488 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Lithostrotionina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 832 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Lonsdaleiina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 1,082 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Lycophyllina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 196 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Metriophyllina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 464 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Plerophyllina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 763 | 443 Ma Silurian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Ptenophyllina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 884 | 443 Ma Silurian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Stauriina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 752 | 488 Ma Cambrian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Stereolasmatina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 1,042 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Streptelasmatina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 1,562 | 488 Ma Cambrian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Kleopatrinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 375 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Lophophyllidiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 449 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Lophotichiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 171 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Petalaxidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 181 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Petraphyllidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Yatsengiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 75 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Hillia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Lomaphyllum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Mictocystoides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Nanophyllum ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Paraceriaster ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 441 Ma Silurian | 441 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1865 | Stauriida Verrill |
| 1981 | Stauriida Hill |
| 1982 | Heritschioides hammani Wilson p. 34 figs. 22a-e |
| 1991 | Mccloudius parvus Wilson p. 736 figs. 6.1-6.4 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
Millard County, Utah, USA