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Iranophyllum shirasakiense

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Iranophyllum shirasakiense was named by Yamagiwa and Suzuki (1976). Its type specimen is NSM PA11668 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shirasaki, Yura-machi, Hitaka-gun, Wakayama Prefecture, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Shirasaki Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Iranophyllum shirasakiense Yamagiwa and Suzuki p. 29 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2

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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
genusIranophyllum
speciesshirasakiense

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†Iranophyllum shirasakiense Yamagiwa and Suzuki 1976
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Diagnosis
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