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Wentzelophyllum eguchii

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Stylidophyllum eguchii was named by Yokoyama (1960). Its type specimen is IGSH Y.T. 5 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Misaka primary school, Taishaku District, Hiroshima Prefecture, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in Japan.

It was recombined as Wentzelophyllum eguchii by Minato and Kato (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Stylidophyllum eguchii Yokoyama p. 245 figs. Pl 27, figs 4a,b
1965Wentzelophyllum eguchii Minato and Kato p. 207 figs. Pl 18, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
genusWentzelophyllum
specieseguchii()

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.

†Wentzelophyllum eguchii Yokoyama 1960
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Japan Stylidophyllum eguchii (type locality: 121522)