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Liangshanophyllum sinense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Liangshanophyllum sinense was named by Wu (1957). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Liangshan, middle Wujiaping (coll 1), 3 km SE of Yan'erwo, Hanzhong County, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wujiaping Formation of China.

It was recombined as Waagenophyllum (Liangshanophyllum) sinense by Minato and Kato (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Liangshanophyllum sinense Wu p. 329 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2
1965Waagenophyllum (Liangshanophyllum) sinense Minato and Kato p. 128
1980Liangshanophyllum sinense Guo p. 145 figs. Pl 66, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWaagenophyllinaeWang 1950
genusLiangshanophyllumHayasaka 1924
speciessinense

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 Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Liangshanophyllum sinense (94959 109616)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Shaanxi) Liangshanophyllum sinense (type locality: 120769)