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Pararachnastraea amsburyi

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Durhaminidae

Taxonomy
Kleopatrina (Porfirievella) amsburyi was named by Stevens (1995). Its type specimen is USNM 482065 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ocotillo Corral A, La Vinata, Nuevo Casas Grandes, which is in an Artinskian carbonate rudstone in Mexico.

It was recombined as Pararachnastraea amsburyi by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Kleopatrina (Porfirievella) amsburyi Stevens p. 1178 figs. 2.1-2.6
2007Pararachnastraea amsburyi Fedorowski et al. p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDurhaminidaeMinato and Kato 1965
genusPararachnastraea
speciesamsburyi()

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.

Pararachnastraea amsburyi Stevens 1995
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