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Wentzelophyllum kinkiense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Wentzellophyllum kinkiense was named by Sakaguchi and Yamagiwa (1963). Its type specimen is IGOG 62002a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sonobe-cho, Funai-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, which is in a Kasimovian carbonate limestone in the Kannontoge Formation of Japan.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
genusWentzelophyllum
specieskinkiense()

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Wentzelophyllum kinkiense Sakaguchi and Yamagiwa 1963
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Diagnosis
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