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Shastaphyllum schucherti

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Shastaphyllum schucherti was named by Merriam (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 159457 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS loc. M1132, west side of Bonnet Rock, Klamath Mountains, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Gazelle Formation of California. It is the type species of Shastaphyllum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Shastaphyllum schucherti Merriam p. 38 figs. Plate 2, figures 1-6 ; plate 3, figure 4; plate 4, figure 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderPtenophyllinaWedekind 1927
familyPtenophyllidaeWedekind 1923
subfamilyPtenophyllinaeWedekind 1923
genusShastaphyllum
speciesschucherti

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Shastaphyllum schucherti Merriam 1972
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Merriam 1972Shastaphyllum with about 60 uniformly thin septa, slender corallites and delicate internal structure. Scattered irregular lonsdaleioid dissepiments in peripheral zone; very narrow tabularium in some corallites.