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Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) teratoideum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Waagenophyllum teratoideum was named by Fontaine (1961). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phnom on Sway Chek route, Sisophon region, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Sisophon Formation of Cambodia.

It was recombined as Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) teratoideum by Minato and Kato (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. songshanense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Waagenophyllum teratoideum Fontaine p. 169 figs. Pl 29, fig 7; pl 34, figs 1-3
1965Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) teratoideum Minato and Kato p. 131

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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
genusWaagenophyllum
subgenusHuayunophyllum
speciesteratoideum()

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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Diagnosis
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