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Thomasiphyllum carcinophylloides

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Iranophyllum carcinophylloides was named by Douglas (1936). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tapileh, which is in a Guadalupian carbonate limestone in Iran. It is the type species of Pavastehphyllum (Sakamotosawanella).

It was recombined as Pavastehphyllum (Sakamotosawanella) carcinophylloides by Minato and Kato (1965); it was recombined as Thomasiphyllum carcinophylloides by Wu and Zhang (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Iranophyllum carcinophylloides Douglas p. 19 figs. Pl 1, figs 7,7a
1965Pavastehphyllum (Sakamotosawanella) carcinophylloides Minato and Kato p. 66
1979Thomasiphyllum carcinophylloides Wu and Zhang p. 35 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5

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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
genusThomasiphyllum()
speciescarcinophylloides()

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: Guadalupian or 273.01000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51Iran (Lorestan) Iranophyllum carcinophylloides (211717)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Thomasiphyllum carcinophylloides (150458)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51Iran Iranophyllum carcinophylloides (211730)