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Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Taxonomy
Lophophyllidium plummeri was named by Jeffords (1947). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gunsight, Wayland Shale, Stephens, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri by Fedorowski (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Lophophyllidium plummeri Jeffords
1987Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri Fedorowski p. 117 figs. 42:1-5; pl 11, fig 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyLophophyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusLophophyllidiumGrabau 1928
subgenusLophophyllidiumGrabau 1928
speciesplummeri(Jeffords 1947)

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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