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Margarophyllia decora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Margarophyllia decora was named by Wu (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pasong JSPf2, Pasong District, Tingri County, which is in a Lacian marine horizon in the Yazhi Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Margarophyllia decora Wu p. 103 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusMargarophylliaVolz 1896
speciesdecora

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: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 08:08:15
Modified: 2008-02-11 10:08:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Lacian or 237.00000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Sichuan) Margarophyllia decora (25407)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38China (Xizang) Margarophyllia decora (type locality: 110542)