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Pseudozaphrentoides trojana

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae

Taxonomy
Caninia trojana was named by Easton (1960). Its type specimen is USC 5104 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USC Loc. 330 - Mokomoke Ridge, which is in an Artinskian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Arcturus Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Pseudozaphrentoides trojana by Flügel (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Caninia trojana Easton p. 574 figs. 2-4
1995Pseudozaphrentoides trojana Flügel p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCaniniinaWang 1950
familyCyathopsidaeDybowski 1873
genusPseudozaphrentoidesShtukenberg 1904
speciestrojana()

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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 298.90000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Nevada) Caninia trojana (107562)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Nevada) Caninia trojana (62241)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Caninia trojana (type locality: 107561 107576 107578 107579)