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Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) compactum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) compactum was named by Minato and Kato (1965). Its type specimen is UHR 18206 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kahan, Kinsyozan, Akasaka, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. songshanense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Waagenophyllum longiseptatum Yokoyama p. 241 figs. Pl 28, figs 3a-e
1965Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) compactum Minato and Kato p. 120 fig. 46
1999Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) compactum Yamagiwa et al. p. 106 fig. 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWaagenophyllinaeWang 1950
genusWaagenophyllumHayasaka 1924
subgenusWaagenophyllumHayasaka 1924
speciescompactum

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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Invalid names: Waagenophyllum longiseptatum Yokoyama 1960 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available