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Asserculinia elegans

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae

Taxonomy
Asserculinia elegans was named by Wu and Wang (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wenxing Town, Changxing Fm, Beipei County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Asserculinia elegans Wu and Wang p. 298 figs. Pl 156, figs 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderMetriophyllinaSpasskiy 1965
familyMetriophyllidaeHill 1939
genusAsserculiniaSchouppé and Stacul 1959
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.

Asserculinia elegans Wu and Wang 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available