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Caryophyllia dentonensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia dentonensis was named by Wells (1947). It is not extant. Its type locality is Roanoke, which is in an Albian marine horizon in Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. antillarum, C. communis, C. gajensis, C. laevigata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Caryophyllia dentonensis Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
speciesdentonensis

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