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Lonsdaleoides nishikawai

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Geyerophyllidae

Taxonomy
Lonsdaleoides nishikawai was named by Hayasaka and Minato (1966). Its type specimen is UHR 18485 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mihara-noro, Locality 2045, Tojo Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Uyamano Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Lonsdaleoides nishikawai Hayasaka and Minato p. 274 figs. Pl 33, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyGeyerophyllidaeMinato 1955
genusLonsdaleoidesHeritsch 1936
speciesnishikawai

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.

Lonsdaleoides nishikawai Hayasaka and Minato 1966
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Japan Lonsdaleoides nishikawai (type locality: 109635)