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Stephanocyathus holcombensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Stephanocyathus holcombensis was named by Durham (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP A1810, Willapa river, east of Holcomb, which is in a Rupelian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Stephanocyathus holcombensis Durham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusStephanocyathusSeguenza 1864
speciesholcombensis

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Diagnosis
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