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Ipciphyllum elegans

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Wentzelella elegans was named by Huang (1932).

It was recombined as Ipciphyllum elegans by Minato and Kato (1965); it was misspelled as Ipciphyllum elegantum by Jia et al. (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Wentzelella elegans Huang
1965Ipciphyllum elegans Minato and Kato p. 154
1977Ipciphyllum elegantum Jia et al. p. 233 figs. Pl 91, fig 6

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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
genusIpciphyllum
specieselegans(Huang 1932)

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.

Ipciphyllum elegans Huang 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-18 01:44:11
Modified: 2007-10-18 03:44:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Guizhou) Ipciphyllum elegans (95975)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Hubei) Ipciphyllum elegantum (109896 109910 109911 109912)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan Wentzelella elegans (82257)