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Brachyelasma altaica

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Brachyelasma altaica was named by Tcherepnina (1960).

It was recombined as Grewingkia altaica by Elias (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Brachyelasma altaica Tcherepnina pp. 387-388 figs. pl. 0-10, fig. 3a,b
1981Grewingkia altaica Elias

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
familyStreptelasmatidae(Nicholson 1889)
genusBrachyelasmaLang et al. 1940
speciesaltaicaTcherepnina 1960

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.

†Brachyelasma altaica Tcherepnina 1960
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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: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Hirnantian or 458.20000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Grewingkia altaica (205559)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Grewingkia altaica (205662)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Mongolia Grewingkia altaica (79586 79587 79594)