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Carinotachylasma shimenense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Pentaphyllidae

Taxonomy
Carinotachylasma shimenense was named by Xu (1977). Its type specimen is IV 38509 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ganqigou, Maokou Fm, Shimen County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China. It is the type species of Carinotachylasma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Carinotachylasma shimenense Xu p. 123 figs. Pl 42, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderTachylasmatinaFedorowski 2021
familyPentaphyllidaeSchindewolf 1942
subfamilyPentaphyllinaeSchindewolf 1942
genusCarinotachylasma
speciesshimenense

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Diagnosis
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