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Wintunastraea stanleyi
Taxonomy
Wintunastraea stanleyi was named by Merriam (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 159464 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS. loc. M1135, south end of Chastain Ridge, Klamath Mountains, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Gazelle Formation of California. It is the type species of Wintunastraea.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Wintunastraea stanleyi Merriam p. 30 figs. Plate 3, figures 1-3 ; plate 4, figures 4-5 |
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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.
†Wintunastraea stanleyi Merriam 1972
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. W. Merriam 1972 | Wintunastraea has 24 to 30 long major septa. Septal tips very slightly dilated or coalesce with those of adjacent septa. Strongly uparched tabulae with an axial depression. |