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Paracaninia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Paracaninia Chi
1981Paracaninia Hill
2001Paracaninia Wang and Sugiyama p. 775

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924
genusParacaniniaChi 1937

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.

G. †Paracaninia Chi 1937
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Paracaninia ephippia Yan and Chen 1982
Paracaninia guichiensis Yan and Chen 1982
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Invalid names: Paracaninia jiangxiensis Yan and Chen 1982 [synonym], Paracaninia jiangyouensis Zhao 1981 [synonym]
Paracaninia minor Wu 1963
Paracaninia similis Schindewolf 1942
Paracaninia wuguishanensis Wu and Zhao 1982
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 Kubergandian to the top of the Changhsingian or 280.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Guangxi) P. minor (75812 119994)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Anhui) P. ephippia (100767)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) P. minor (100771) P. wuguishanensis (100768)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Hunan) P. tzuchiangensis (109864)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jilin) P. tzuchiangensis (121530)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Thailand P. sinensis (144678)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangxi) P. jiangxiensis (100770) P. liangshanensis (100764) P. sinensis (100766) P. tzuchiangensis (100769)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Hubei) P. sinensis (105955) P. tzuchiangensis (109865)
Kubergandian - Murgabian280.4 - 266.9Indonesia P. sp. (75573)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Xinjiang) P. sp. B (108489)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Afghanistan Pleramplexus similis (81407 81411 88264 88397 88402)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Nei Mongol) P. crassata (34562)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Guangxi) P. minor (75815)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) P. suobeishanensis (109608)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Sichuan) P. liangshanensis (98052)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan P. similis (50777) P. sp. (50773 50782) P. sp. A (50772) P. sp., P. similis (50774)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Hunan) P. liangshanensis (100076) P. minor (100072) P. sp. (100073)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand P. sp. (82287 108511)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pleramplexus similis (113433)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Xizang) P. lhazeensis (131046) P. xiukangensis (131044)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Qinghai) Pleramplexus similis (95976)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangxi) P. liangshanensis (75821)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangxi) P. minor (75820)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Paracaninia indet. (24590) P. sp. (112610)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) P. sinensis (148539 149259)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) P. heterotabulata, P. intermedia, P. simplex, P. sinensis (51424) P. sp. (197491)