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Nephelophyllum major

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae

Taxonomy
Nephelophyllum major was named by Yu and Zhu (1988). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jigongling H18, Gao'an County, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Nephelophyllum major Yu and Zhu p. 96 figs. Pl 2, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyKepingophyllidaeWu and Zhou 1982
genusNephelophyllumWu and Zhao 1974
speciesmajor

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Nephelophyllum major Yu and Zhu 1988
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Diagnosis
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