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Fomichevella triseptatus

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae

Taxonomy

Fomichevella triseptatus was named by Cai (1986). Its type specimen is XR-008-009 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laohutai KG2-III-52, Baicheng, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Kangkelin Formation of China.

Synonyms

Fomichevella elegantus was named by Cai (1986). Its type specimen is XR-010-011 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laohutai KG2-III-52, Baicheng, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Kangkelin Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Fomichevella triseptatus by Fedorowski et al. (2007).
Fomichevella xinjiangensis was named by Cai (1986). Its type specimen is XR-025-027 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laohutai KG2-III-53, Baicheng, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Kangkelin Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Fomichevella triseptatus by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1986	Fomichevella elegantus Cai p. 57 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1986	Fomichevella triseptatus Cai p. 57 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
1986	Fomichevella xinjiangensis Cai p. 57 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
subclass	Rugosa	(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)

Rank	Name	Author
order	Stauriida	Verrill 1865
family	Kleopatrinidae
genus	Fomichevella	Fedorowski 1975
species	triseptatus

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.

†Fomichevella triseptatus Cai 1986

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Invalid names: Fomichevella elegantus Cai 1986 [synonym], Fomichevella xinjiangensis Cai 1986 [synonym]

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	China (Xinjiang)	Fomichevella triseptatus, Fomichevella elegantus (type locality: 95729) Fomichevella xinjiangensis (95730)