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Margarosmilia mizukamia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Margarosmilia mizukamia was named by Stanley and Onoue (2015). Its type specimen is UMIP 14400 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is M-14, Mizukamigoe, which is in a Lacian perireef or subreef limestone in Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. chalyana, M. gemminata, M. hintzei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Margarosmilia mizukamia Stanley and Onoue p. 15 figs. 10a-g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusMargarosmiliaVolz 1896
speciesmizukamia

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.

†Margarosmilia mizukamia Stanley and Onoue 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available