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Polythecalis asthenotheca

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Polythecalis asthenotheca was named by Wu and Zhao (1982). Its type specimen is NIGP 62064 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wuguishan, Upper Qixia Fm, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Polythecalis asthenotheca Wu and Zhao p. 155 figs. Pl 55, fig 2

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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
speciesasthenotheca

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Polythecalis asthenotheca Wu and Zhao 1982
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Diagnosis
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