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Polythecalis leptoseptata

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Polythecalis leptoseptata was named by Wu and Zhao (1982). Its type specimen is NIGP 62066 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kongshan, Upper Qixia Formation, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Polythecalis leptoseptata Wu and Zhao p. 156 figs. Pl 55, fig 4

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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
speciesleptoseptata

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Polythecalis leptoseptata Wu and Zhao 1982
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Diagnosis
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