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Amplexus breviseptatus

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae

Taxonomy
Amplexus breviseptatus was named by Wu and Zhao (1982). Its type specimen is NIGP 62069 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kongshan, Qixia Formation, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cravenesis, A. henslowi, A. polaris, A. propinguis, A. propinquus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Amplexus breviseptatus Wu and Zhao p. 112 figs. Pl 31, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStauriinaVerrill 1865
familyAmplexidaeChapman 1893
genusAmplexusSowerby 1814
speciesbreviseptatus

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.

†Amplexus breviseptatus Wu and Zhao 1982
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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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Amplexus breviseptatus (type locality: 100771)