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Asserculinia elegans

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae

Taxonomy
Asserculinia elegans was named by Wu and Wang (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wenxing Town, Changxing Fm, Beipei County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Asserculinia elegans Wu and Wang p. 298 figs. Pl 156, figs 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderMetriophyllinaSpasskiy 1965
familyMetriophyllidaeHill 1939
genusAsserculiniaSchouppé and Stacul 1959
specieselegans

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.

Asserculinia elegans Wu and Wang 1974
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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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Asserculinia elegans (type locality: 98066)