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Epistreptophyllum diatritum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Epistreptophyllum diatritum was named by Wu (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nieniexiongla JSB74, Nyalam County, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian marine horizon in the Nieniexiongla Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Epistreptophyllum diatritum Wu p. 103 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyDermosmiliidaeKoby 1887
genusEpistreptophyllumMilaschewitsch 1876
speciesdiatritum

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: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.90000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Xizang) Epistreptophyllum diatritum (type locality: 110544)