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Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) elegantulum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Waagenophyllum elegantulum was named by He (1989).

It was recombined as Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) elegantulum by Wang et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. songshanense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Waagenophyllum elegantulum He
2019Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) elegantulum Wang et al. p. 860 figs. 4.7-4.13

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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
genusWaagenophyllumHayasaka 1924
subgenusWaagenophyllumHayasaka 1924
specieselegantulum(He 1989)

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) Waagenophyllum elegantulum (187537 187544 187558 203183)