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Praetachylasma alternatum

Anthozoa

Taxonomy
Tachylasma alternatum was named by Huang (1932).

It was recombined as Ufimia alternata by Ruzhentsev and Sarycheva (1965); it was recombined as Praetachylasma alternatum by Ezaki (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Tachylasma alternatum Huang
1965Ufimia alternata Ruzhentsev and Sarycheva figs. Pl 13, fig 5
1974Tachylasma alternatum Wu and Wang p. 298 figs. Pl 155, fig 6
1991Praetachylasma alternatum Ezaki p. 84 figs. Pl 12, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
genusPraetachylasmaShi 1982
speciesalternatum(Huang 1932)

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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Tachylasma alternatum (98052)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Praetachylasma alternatum (75769)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan Ufimia alternata (82257 94937)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia Ufimia alternata (113805)