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Trochocyathus crooki

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus crooki was named by Merriam and Turner (1937). Its type specimen is UCMP 33697 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. affinis, T. gajensis, T. nummiformis, T. nummuliticus, T. rawsoni, T. durhami, T. elongatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Trochocyathus crooki Merriam and Turner p. 106 figs. Pl. 5, Figs. 7 - 9
1943Trochocyathus crooki Bentson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciescrooki

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.

†Trochocyathus crooki Merriam and Turner 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available