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Streptelasma etnaense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Streptelasma etnaense was named by Elias and Potter (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 341908 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 18138, which is in an Ashgill carbonate limestone in the Kangaroo Creek Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Streptelasma etnaense Elias and Potter p. 1207 figs. Figures 2A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
familyStreptelasmatidae(Nicholson 1889)
subfamilyStreptelasmatinaeNicholson 1889
genusStreptelasmaHall 1847
speciesetnaense

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Streptelasma etnaense Elias and Potter 1984
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Elias and A. W. Potter 1984Streptelasma in which small roups of major septa converge a short distance from axis, and septal lobes arising from these groups meet at axis. An intracalicular offset may develop.