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Plerodiffia eaglebuttensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerodiffiidae

Taxonomy
Plerodiffia eaglebuttensis was named by Fedorowski (1985). Its type specimen is USNM 197525 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM721, Eagle Butte, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Plerodiffia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Plerodiffia eaglebuttensis Fedorowski p. 217 figs. Pl 15, figs 2,3,4,5a,b,6,7,8a,b; pl 18, figs 3-5; pl 19, figs 1a,b,2; text-fig 3:2a-i

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderDiffingiina
familyPlerodiffiidae
genusPlerodiffia
specieseaglebuttensis

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.

Plerodiffia eaglebuttensis Fedorowski 1985
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Diagnosis
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