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Praewentzelella

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Praewentzelella was named by Minato and Kato (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm-u P Guad-u]. Its type is Waagenophyllum magnificum.

It was assigned to Wentzelellinae by Minato and Kato (1965), Hill (1981); to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wentzellophyllinae by Wang et al. (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Praewentzelella Minato and Kato p. 179
1981Praewentzelella Hill
2002Praewentzelella Sepkoski
2018Praewentzelella Wang et al. p. 337

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

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.

G. †Praewentzelella Minato and Kato 1965
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Praewentzelella honjoi Minato and Kato 1965
Praewentzelella regulare Weidlich and Flügel 1995
Praewentzelella sinensis Wu and Zhang 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2026-03-22 20:03:40
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Capitanian or 335.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Lonsdaleia multiseptata (78866)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Lonsdaleia multiseptata (78867)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Oman P. regulare (82236 82239 82242)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Iran Waagenophyllum magnificum (211734)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51China (Sichuan) P. sinensis (150458)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Xizang) P. sp. (120879)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan P. honjoi (212277)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Oman P. tunicatum, P. sp. (24326)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Xizang) P. sp. (120873 120874 120876 120877)