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Kitakamiia

Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae

Taxonomy
Kitakamiia was named by Sugiyama (1940).

It was assigned to Alveolitinae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Kitakamiia Sugiyama
1981Kitakamiia Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyAlveolitidaeDuncan 1872
subfamilyAlveolitinaeDuncan 1872
genusKitakamiiaSugiyama 1940

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. †Kitakamiia Sugiyama 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Givetian or 425.00000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Estonia K. callosa (79878)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Australia (New South Wales) K. sp. (25634 25635)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Hunan) K. mirabilis (80272)