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Neokoninckophyllum deciensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Neokoninckophyllidae

Taxonomy
Neokoninckophyllum deciensis was named by Ross and Ross (1962). Its type specimen is USNM 139729 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM701n, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian coastal shale in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. acolumnatum, N. bourbonense, N. hamatilis, N. nipponense, N. tushanense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Neokoninckophyllum deciensis Ross and Ross p. 1172 figs. Pl 160, figs 6,8,10; pl 163, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderAulophyllina
familyNeokoninckophyllidaeFomichev 1953
genusNeokoninckophyllumFomichev 1939
speciesdeciensis

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.

†Neokoninckophyllum deciensis Ross and Ross 1962
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Neokoninckophyllum deciensis (43500 type locality: 105577 116730)