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Yatsengia elegans

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Taxonomy
Yatsengia elegans was named by Wang (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shazichang, Maokou Fm, Yanhe County, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Yatsengia elegans Wang p. 157 figs. Pl 48, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyLithostrotionidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusYatsengiaHuang 1932
specieselegans

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.

†Yatsengia elegans Wang 1978
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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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guizhou) Yatsengia elegans (type locality: 95960)