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Procyclolites elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Procyclolitidae

Taxonomy
Procyclolites elegans was named by Wu (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lp 6139-43, Tiemenkan, Jinding, Lanping County, which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Baijizu Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Procyclolites elegans Wu p. 33 figs. Pl 1, figs 8,9; pl 2, figs 6,7,9; text-figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyProcyclolitidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyProcyclolitinae
genusProcyclolites
specieselegans

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: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 04:28:46
Modified: 2008-02-10 06:17:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18China (Yunnan) Procyclolites elegans (type locality: 165382)