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Neoconophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Neoconophyllia was named by Deng and Kong (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Tr Ladi Sepkoski's reference number: 836,919]. Its type is Neoconophyllia guiyangensis.

It was assigned to Margarophylliidae by Deng and Kong (1984); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. guiyangensis (type species), N. leidapoensis, N. xiaanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Neoconophyllia Deng and Kong
2002Neoconophyllia Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Neoconophyllia Deng and Kong 1984
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†Neoconophyllia guiyangensis Deng and Kong 1984
†Neoconophyllia leidapoensis Deng and Kong 1984
†Neoconophyllia xiaanensis Deng and Kong 1984
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: base of the Anisian to the top of the Longobardian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) N. leidapoensis (81047)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) N. guiyangensis, N. leidapoensis (78655)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) N. guiyangensis (31626) N. guiyangensis, N. leidapoensis (31628) N. leidapoensis (31612 31618 31619 31620 31621 31622 31623 31625 31629 31631 31632)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) N. xiaanensis (78652)