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Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) okinawense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) okinawense was named by Haikawa and Ishibashi (1981). Its type specimen is Akiyoshi-dai Museum ASM10736-3a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sakimotobu, Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa-jima, which is in a Wordian carbonate lime mudstone in the Yonamine Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) okinawense Haikawa and Ishibashi p. 181 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-6; pl 16, figs 1-10; pl 3, figs 1-2; text-fig 5

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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
genusWaagenophyllumHayasaka 1924
subgenusWaagenophyllumHayasaka 1924
speciesokinawense

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.

Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) okinawense Haikawa and Ishibashi 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Waagenophyllum okinawense (type locality: 97220)