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Polythecalis niuxingshanensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Polythecalis niuxingshanensis was named by Chen and Yan (1982). Its type specimen is Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-606 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niuxingshan, Qixia Formation, Tongling County, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Polythecalis niuxingshanensis Chen and Yan p. 153 figs. Pl 56, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWentzellophyllinae
genusPolythecalisYabe and Hayasaka 1916
speciesniuxingshanensis

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†Polythecalis niuxingshanensis Chen and Yan 1982
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Diagnosis
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