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Prosmilia carinata

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Adamanophyllidae

Taxonomy
Prosmilia carinata was named by Guo (1980). Its type specimen is Ru2050 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bei'antun, Huadian County, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Shoushangou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Prosmilia carinata Guo p. 114 figs. Pl 62, fig 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyAdamanophyllidaeVasilyuk 1959
genusProsmiliaKoker 1924
speciescarinata

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.

Prosmilia carinata Guo 1980
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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 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jilin) Prosmilia carinata (type locality: 94963)