Sphenothallus holdfast from the Kope Formation (Upper Ordovician), Gunpowder Creek, Kentucky.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Order:
†Conulatae
Clade:
†Conulariida
Genus:
†Sphenothallus Hall, 1847
Sphenothallus is a problematic extinct genus lately attributed to the conulariids. It was widespread in shallow marine environments during the Paleozoic.[2][4]
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^ abBodenbender, B. E.; Wilson, M. A.; Palmer, T. J. (1989). "Paleoecology of Sphenothallus on an Upper Ordovician hardground". Lethaia. 22 (2): 217–225. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1989.tb01685.x.
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^Vinn, O.; Kirsimäe, K. (2015). "Alleged cnidarian Sphenothallus in the Late Ordovician of Baltica, its mineral composition and microstructure". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60: 1001–1008. doi:10.4202/app.00049.2013. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
Sphenothallus is a problematic extinct genus lately attributed to the conulariids. It was widespread in shallow marine environments during the Paleozoic...
Paleontology web page [1] Vinn, O.; Kirsimäe, K. (2015). "Alleged cnidarian Sphenothallus in the Late Ordovician of Baltica, its mineral composition and microstructure"...
00241.x. Van Iten, H.; Zhu, M. Y.; Collins, D. (2002). "First Report of Sphenothallus Hall, 1847 in the Middle Cambrian". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (5):...
Zhao; Bernd-D. Erdtmann (2000). "Occurrence of Byronia Matthew and Sphenothallus Hall in the Lower Cambrian of China". Paläontologische Zeitschrift....
Bodenbender, B.E.; Wilson, M.A.; Palmer, T.J. (1989). "Paleoecology of Sphenothallus on an Upper Ordovician hardground". Lethaia. 22 (2): 217–225. doi:10...
Muscente, A. D.; Xiao, Shuhai (1 November 2015). "New occurrences of Sphenothallus in the lower Cambrian of South China: Implications for its affinities...
China. Organisms presented by the algae, graptolites, the cnidarian Sphenothallus, one species of Palaeoscolecida, and arthropods, which include aglaspidid...
relationship. Cambrorhytium has also been compared to the fossil Archotuba and Sphenothallus. C. elongatum has been described to contain an alimentary canal in a...
Phanerozoic reported so far. A study on the morphology of phosphatic tubes of Sphenothallus from the Early Ordovician Fenxiang Formation (China), as well as the...
and the main species found at this site is Conularia niagarensis. Sphenothallus Cnidaria Staurozoa A problematic genus lately attributed to the holdfasts...
Cox, Robt S.; Mapes, Royal H. (1992). "New data on the morphology of Sphenothallus Hall: implications for its affinities". Lethaia. 25 (2): 135–144. doi:10...
"Palaeobiogeography, palaeoecology and evolution of Lower Ordovician conulariids and Sphenothallus (Medusozoa, Cnidaria), with emphasis on the Fezouata Shale of southeastern...
medusozoan capable of clonal budding, and transfer it to the genus Sphenothallus. The oldest mesophotic coral ecosystems, dating back to middle Silurian...
locality for species †Sphenosphaera recurvus – type locality for species †Sphenothallus †Spiloblattina †Spiloblattina variegata – type locality for species...