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Iranophyllum (Laophyllum) nakamurai

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Iranophyllum (Laophyllum) nakamurai was named by Minato and Kato (1965). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iwahatazawa, Yukisawa, Rikuzen Takada City, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Sakamotosawa Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. rotiforme

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Iranophyllum (Laophyllum) nakamurai Minato and Kato p. 176 figs. Pl 15, figs 1a-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWentzellophyllinae
genusIranophyllum
subgenusLaophyllum()
speciesnakamurai

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.

†Iranophyllum (Laophyllum) nakamurai Minato and Kato 1965
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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: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Iranophyllum nakamurai (type locality: 212276)