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Margarophyllia zhenfengensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Margarophyllia zhenfengensis was named by Deng and Kong (1984). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xia'an, Zhenfeng (Chen-feng), which is in a Longobardian platform/shelf-margin reef reef rocks in the Zhuganpo Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Margarophyllia zhenfengensis Deng and Kong p. 496 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; pl 2, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusMargarophylliaVolz 1896
specieszhenfengensis

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.

Margarophyllia zhenfengensis Deng and Kong 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 08:08:15
Modified: 2008-02-11 10:08:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999

Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Yunnan) Margarophyllia zhenfengensis (78654)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Margarophyllia zhenfengensis (type locality: 78652)