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Yokoyamaella (Maoriphyllum) maoria

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Wentzelella maoria was named by Leed (1956). Its type specimen is NZGS CO1264 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS5074, Marble Bay, Northland, which is in a Capitanian marine limestone in the Marble Unit Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Yokoyamaella (Maoriphyllum).

It was recombined as Yokoyamaella (Maoriphyllum) maoria by Minato and Kato (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Y. arminiae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Wentzelella maoria Leed p. 19 figs. Pl 5
1965Yokoyamaella (Maoriphyllum) maoria Minato and Kato p. 145

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWaagenophyllinaeWang 1950
genusYokoyamaella
subgenusMaoriphyllum
speciesmaoria()

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