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Retiophyllia pascoensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Retiophyllia pascoensis was named by Stanley (1994). Its type specimen is AMNH 43554 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH1061, Cerro de Pasco, which is in a Norian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Chambara Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Retiophyllia pascoensis Stanley, Jr. p. 91 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-5; text-figs 8,9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciespascoensis

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Retiophyllia pascoensis Stanley, Jr. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available