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Polythecalis chinensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Lonsdaleia chinensis was named by Girty (1907).

It was recombined as Polythecalis chinensis by Douglas (1936), Minato and Kato (1965), Wu and Wang (1974), Jia et al. (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. guiensis, P. mapingensis, P. variformis, P. wengganensis, P. yangtzeensis, P. yishanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Lonsdaleia chinensis Girty
1936Polythecalis chinensis Douglas p. 16 figs. Pl 3, fig 4
1965Polythecalis chinensis Minato and Kato p. 222
1974Polythecalis chinensis Wu and Wang p. 296 figs. Pl 155, figs 9,10
1977Polythecalis chinensis Jia et al. p. 226 figs. Pl 88, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWentzellophyllinae
genusPolythecalisYabe and Hayasaka 1916
specieschinensis(Girty 1907)

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.

†Polythecalis chinensis Girty 1907
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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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Guizhou) Polythecalis chinensis (95921 98060)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Anhui) Polythecalis chinensis (100191 100192 100193 100194 100196 100204 100206 100208 100791)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Hubei) Polythecalis chinensis (109867 109890 109894)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Polythecalis chinensis (108458)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Tehran) Polythecalis chinensis (43296)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran Polythecalis chinensis (108451)