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Lophophyllidium vallum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Taxonomy
Lophophyllidium vallum was named by Ross and Ross (1962). Its type specimen is YPM 21803 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YPM 52, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Lophophyllidium vallum Ross and Ross p. 1181 figs. Pl 161, figs 2-6,8,9,20; text-fig 4E,K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyLophophyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusLophophyllidiumGrabau 1928
speciesvallum

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Lophophyllidium vallum Ross and Ross 1962
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Diagnosis
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