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Kepingophyllum baichengense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae

Taxonomy
Kepingophyllum baichengense was named by Cai (1986). Its type specimen is XR-034-035 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laohutai KG2-III-63, Baicheng, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Kangkelin Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Kepingophyllum baichengense Cai p. 60 figs. Pl 2, fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyKepingophyllidaeWu and Zhou 1982
genusKepingophyllum
speciesbaichengense

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Diagnosis
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