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Polythecalis frechi

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Lonsdaleia frechi was named by Volz (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bukit Bessi, south end of Bukit Pandjang, Padang, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Silungkang Formation of Indonesia.

It was recombined as Polythecalis frechi by Minato and Kato (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Lonsdaleia frechi Volz p. 100 figs. 32-34
1965Polythecalis frechi Minato and Kato p. 222

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWentzellophyllinae
genusPolythecalisYabe and Hayasaka 1916
speciesfrechi()

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.

†Polythecalis frechi Volz 1904
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Diagnosis
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