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Milleporidium xizangense

Stromatoporoidea

Taxonomy
Milleporidium xizangense was named by Dong and Wang (1983). It is not extant. Its type locality is Motianling, Amdo, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Motianling Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alpinum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Milleporidium xizangense Dong and Wang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
genusMilleporidiumSteinmann 1903
speciesxizangense

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.

†Milleporidium xizangense Dong and Wang 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2007-09-07 03:24:54
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:23:24
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 163.50000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8China (Xizang) Milleporidium xizangense (type locality: 116455)