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Cordillerastraea nevadaensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Durhaminidae

Taxonomy
Kleopatrina (Porfirievella) nevadaensis was named by Stevens (1967). Its type specimen is UCMP 27309 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S-5, Murry Summit, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Arcturus Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Cordillerastraea nevadaensis by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Kleopatrina (Porfirievella) nevadaensis Stevens p. 428 figs. Pl 54, fig 4
2007Cordillerastraea nevadaensis Fedorowski et al. p. 72

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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
genusCordillerastraea
speciesnevadaensis()

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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