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Szechuanophyllum szechuanense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae

Taxonomy
Wentzelella szechuanensis was named by Huang (1932). It is the type species of Wentzelella (Szechuanophyllum).

It was recombined as Wentzelella (Szechuanophyllum) szechuanensis by Minato and Kato (1965); it was recombined as Szechuanophyllum szechuanensis by Wu and Wang (1974) and Guo (1980); it was recombined as Szechuanophyllum szechuanense by Yu et al. (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Wentzelella szechuanensis Huang
1965Wentzelella (Szechuanophyllum) szechuanensis Minato and Kato p. 192
1974Szechuanophyllum szechuanensis Wu and Wang p. 296 figs. Pl 154, figs 1,2
1980Szechuanophyllum szechuanensis Guo p. 146 figs. Pl 66, fig 1
1981Szechuanophyllum szechuanense Yu et al. p. 280 figs. Pl 2, figs 9a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyKepingophyllidaeWu and Zhou 1982
genusSzechuanophyllum(Wang 1957)
speciesszechuanense(Huang 1932)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Sichuan) Szechuanophyllum szechuanensis (98058)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guizhou) Szechuanophyllum szechuanense (95948)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Jilin) Szechuanophyllum szechuanense (121528)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia Wentzelella szechuanensis (113805)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan Wentzelella szechuanensis (82257 113610)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jilin) Szechuanophyllum szechuanensis (95598)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan (Punjab) Wentzelella szechuanensis (75764)