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Plicatomurus giganteus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Plicatomurus giganteus was named by Sharkova (1981). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Batal Khuduk, Mandal Obo, which is in a Siegen shallow subtidal limestone/siliciclastic in the Amain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Plicatomurus giganteus Sharkova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
subfamilyPachyfavositinaeMironova 1965
genusPlicatomurusChang 1959
speciesgiganteus

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.

Plicatomurus giganteus Sharkova 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available