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Cryptophyllum leptoconicum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Taxonomy
Clisiophyllum leptoconicum was named by Abich (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Araxes Gorge, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in Azerbaijan.

It was recombined as Zaphrentis leptoconica by Arthaber (1900); it was recombined as Pleramplexus leptoconicum by Ilina (1962); it was recombined as Pleramplexus leptoconicus by Teichert and Kummel (1973) and Nakazawa et al. (1975); it was recombined as Plerophyllum leptoconicum by Wu (1975); it was recombined as Pentamplexus leptoconicus by Kotlyar et al. (1983); it was recombined as Pentaphyllum leptoconicum by Ezaki (1991); it was recombined as Cryptophyllum leptoconicum by Fedorowski (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Clisiophyllum leptoconicum Abich p. 87 figs. Pl 11, figs 7,7a
1900Zaphrentis leptoconica Arthaber p. 287
1962Plerophyllum clavatum Ilina p. 72 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a-d
1962Plerophyllum dzhulfense Ilina p. 76 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,5
1962Pleramplexus leptoconicum Ilina p. 81 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5
1973Plerophyllum dzhulfense Teichert and Kummel p. 394 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7
1973Pleramplexus leptoconicus Teichert and Kummel p. 395 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2,5,6
1974Plerophyllum dzhulfense Wu and Wang p. 298 figs. Pl 156, figs 12,13
1975Pleramplexus leptoconicus Nakazawa et al. p. 40 figs. Pl 3, figs 2a,b
1975Plerophyllum leptoconicum Wu p. 95 figs. Pl 2, fig 15
1983Pentamplexus leptoconicus Kotlyar et al.
1983Pentaphyllum clavatum Kotlyar et al.
1983Pentaphyllum dzhulfense Kotlyar et al.
1983Pentaphyllum araxense Kropatcheva
1991Pentaphyllum leptoconicum Ezaki p. 68 figs. Pl 5, figs 3,4; pl 6, figs 1-5; pl 7, fig 1; pl 8, figs 1-3
2009Cryptophyllum leptoconicum Fedorowski p. 298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924
genusCryptophyllumCarruthers 1919
speciesleptoconicum()

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.

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Invalid names: Pentaphyllum araxense Kropatcheva 1983 [synonym], Plerophyllum clavatum Ilina 1962 [synonym], Plerophyllum dzhulfense Ilina 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available