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Gurumdynia gracilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Archaeosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Gurumdynia gracilis was named by Melnikova and Roniewicz (2020). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zurchiertsek Valley, which is in a Pliensbachian open shallow subtidal wackestone/schist in the Gurumdy Formation of Tajikistan. It is the type species of Gurumdynia.

Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2024-04-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Gurumdynia gracilis Melnikova and Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyArchaeosmiliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusGurumdynia
speciesgracilis

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.

†Gurumdynia gracilis Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
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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: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) Gurumdynia gracilis (type locality: 234062)