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Eurogrewingkia callahanensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Grewingkia callahanensis was named by Elias and Potter (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 341928 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 18138, which is in an Ashgill carbonate limestone in the Kangaroo Creek Formation of California.

It was recombined as Eurogrewingkia callahanensis by Neuman (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Grewingkia callahanensis Elias and Potter pp. 1210 - 1211 figs. Figures 2M-P
2003Eurogrewingkia callahanensis Neuman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
familyStreptelasmatidae(Nicholson 1889)
subfamilyStreptelasmatinaeNicholson 1889
genusEurogrewingkia
speciescallahanensis()

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Eurogrewingkia callahanensis Elias and Potter 1984
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Elias and A. W. Potter 1984Grewingkia having an axial structure consisting of prominent, greatly dilated median lamella, with numerous other moderately to greatly dilated septal lobes and lamellae, plus tabulae, arranged cocentrically on both sides. Tabulae convex upward in septal region, becoming steeply inclined upward in axial region