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Asterosmilia duncani

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Asterosmilia duncani was named by Vaughan and Hoffmeister (1925). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gabb collection, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Asterosmilia duncani Vaughan and Hoffmeister

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusAsterosmiliaDuncan 1867
speciesduncani

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.

†Asterosmilia duncani Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available