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Rossopora intermedia

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae

Taxonomy
Rossopora intermedia was named by Lin (1984). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Liuqu district RLC-V, Lhaze county, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Langcuo Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Rossopora intermedia Lin figs. Pl 1, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAulocystidaeSokolov 1950
genusRossoporaSokolov 1955
speciesintermedia

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 calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Xizang) Rossopora intermedia (type locality: 131043)