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Caninophyllum belcheri

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae

Taxonomy
Caninia belcheri was named by Harker (1960). Its type specimen is GSC 13502 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 26418, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Belcher Channel Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Caninophyllum belcheri by Chwieduk (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Caninia belcheri Harker
2009Caninophyllum belcheri Chwieduk p. 66 figs. 4H,I; 5C-F, 6B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCaniniinaWang 1950
familyBothrophyllidaeFomichev 1953
genusCaninophyllumLewis 1929
speciesbelcheri()

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.

†Caninophyllum belcheri Harker 1960
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Diagnosis
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