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Axolithophyllum nandanense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Geyerophyllidae

Taxonomy
Axolithophyllum nandanense was named by Ding (1995). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Liuzhai GLA3, Nandan County, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Maping Formation of China.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2010-05-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Axolithophyllum nandanense Ding p. 79 figs. Pl 10, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyGeyerophyllidaeMinato 1955
genusAxolithophyllumFomichev 1953
speciesnandanense

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:40
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Guangxi) Axolithophyllum nandanense (type locality: 95837)