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Amplexocarinia cristata

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae

Taxonomy
Amplexus cristatus was named by Waagen and Wentzel (1886).

It was recombined as Amplexocarinia cristata by Heritsch (1937) and Fontaine (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Amplexus cristatus Waagen and Wentzel p. 902 figs. Pl 100, fig 2
1937Amplexocarinia cristata Heritsch
1961Amplexocarinia cristata Fontaine p. 72 figs. Pl 2, figs 5-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderMetriophyllinaSpasskiy 1965
familyLaccophyllidaeGrabau 1928
subfamilyAmplexocariniinaeSoshkina 1941
genusAmplexocariniaSoshkina 1928
speciescristata()

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.

Amplexocarinia cristata Waagen and Wentzel 1886
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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 Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Cambodia Amplexocarinia cristata (107273 124983)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Amplexus cristatus (119537 119638)