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Neoconophyllia xiaanensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Neoconophyllia xiaanensis 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Neoconophyllia xiaanensis Deng and Kong p. 497 figs. Pl 3, fig 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusNeoconophyllia
speciesxiaanensis

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.

†Neoconophyllia xiaanensis 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: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Neoconophyllia xiaanensis (type locality: 78652)