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Lophocarinophyllum taihuense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Taxonomy
Lophophyllidium taihuense was named by Yan and Chen (1982). Its type specimen is Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-522 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiangyashan, Lixing County, which is in a Wuchiapingian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Wujiaping Formation of China.

It was recombined as Lophocarinophyllum taihuense by Wang and Sugiyama (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Lophophyllidium taihuense Yan and Chen p. 117 figs. Pl 33, fig 2
2001Lophocarinophyllum taihuense Wang and Sugiyama p. 771 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyLophophyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusLophocarinophyllumGrabau 1922
speciestaihuense()

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.

Lophocarinophyllum taihuense 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: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangxi) Lophocarinophyllum taihuense (75821)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangsu) Lophophyllidium taihuense (type locality: 100837)