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Girtypora gigantea
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Girtypora gigantea Liu p. 253 figs. Pl 111, figs 11,12 |
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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
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| 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 |
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| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Nei Mongol) | Girtypora gigantea (type locality: 95157) |