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Girtypora gigantea

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomida - Girtyporidae

Taxonomy
Girtypora gigantea was named by Liu (1980). Its type specimen is II LP-8-350-7a,c and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aohen Chulu, Dashizhai, Ke'erqin Youyi Qianqi, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Wujiatun Formation of China.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2010-04-08; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Girtypora gigantea Liu p. 253 figs. Pl 111, figs 11,12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderCryptostomida(Vine 1884)
suborderTimanodictyinaMorozova 1966
familyGirtyporidae
genusGirtypora
speciesgigantea

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.

Girtypora gigantea Liu 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Girtypora gigantea (type locality: 95157)