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Multimurinus biformis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Polythecalis biformis was named by Fontaine (1961) [As Polythecalis khmerianus var. biformis As Polythecalis khmerianus var. biformis]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phnom Takream, scree 15 m above plain, Battambang, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Sisophon Formation of Cambodia.

It was recombined as Multimurinus biformis by Flügel (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Polythecalis biformis Fontaine p. 183 figs. Pl 23, figs 4,5,10; pl 24, figs 1,3,5,9
1965Polythecalis biformis Minato and Kato p. 229
1997Multimurinus biformis Flügel p. 106 fig. 7,8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWentzellophyllinae
genusMultimurinus(Fontaine 1967)
speciesbiformis()

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.

Multimurinus biformis Fontaine 1961
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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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Multimurinus biformis (61752)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Cambodia Polythecalis biformis (type locality: 125054)