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Deltocyathus stellaris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Deltocyathus stellaris was named by Dennant (1904). It is not extant. Its type locality is Spring Creek, Dennant collection, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Deltocyathus stellaris Dennant

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDeltocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesstellaris

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.

†Deltocyathus stellaris Dennant 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available