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Neoconophyllia guiyangensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Neoconophyllia guiyangensis was named by Deng and Kong (1984). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Leidapo, Qingyan, Guiyang, which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian platform/shelf-margin reef reef rocks in the Qingyan Formation of China. It is the type species of Neoconophyllia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Neoconophyllia guiyangensis Deng and Kong p. 496 figs. Pl 1, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusNeoconophyllia
speciesguiyangensis

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.

Neoconophyllia guiyangensis Deng and Kong 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 08:08:15
Modified: 2008-02-11 10:08:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) Neoconophyllia guiyangensis (type locality: 78655)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Neoconophyllia guiyangensis (31626 31628)