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Heritschioides mahallatensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae

Taxonomy
Heritschioides mahallatensis was named by Flügel (1990). Its type specimen is 72 TM 18/2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mahallat, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Heritschioides mahallatensis Flügel p. 524 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderAulophyllina
familyAulophyllidaeDybowski 1873
subfamilyHeritschioidinae()
genusHeritschioidesYabe 1950
speciesmahallatensis

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
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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Heritschioides mahallatensis (type locality: 99765)