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Paracaninia ephippia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Taxonomy
Paracaninia ephippia was named by Yan and Chen (1982). Its type specimen is Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-505 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tongling, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Paracaninia ephippia Yan and Chen p. 110 figs. Pl 31, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924
genusParacaniniaChi 1937
speciesephippia

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.

Paracaninia ephippia Yan and Chen 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 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Anhui) Paracaninia ephippia (type locality: 100767)