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Yatsengia gigantea

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Taxonomy
Yatsengia gigantea was named by Yu et al. (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shoushangou, Shoushangou Fm, Yumuqiao City, Huadian County, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Shoushangou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Yatsengia gigantea Yu et al. p. 278 figs. Pl 2, figs 6a,b,7a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyLithostrotionidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusYatsengiaHuang 1932
speciesgigantea

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Yatsengia gigantea Yu et al. 1981
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Diagnosis
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