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Amplexocarinia dentiformis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae

Taxonomy
Amplexocarinia dentiformis was named by Yan and Chen (1982). Its type specimen is Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-503 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jitouling, Tongling County, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cravenensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Amplexocarinia dentiformis Yan and Chen p. 112 figs. Pl 31, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderMetriophyllinaSpasskiy 1965
familyLaccophyllidaeGrabau 1928
subfamilyAmplexocariniinaeSoshkina 1941
genusAmplexocariniaSoshkina 1928
speciesdentiformis

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.

†Amplexocarinia dentiformis Yan and Chen 1982
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Diagnosis
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