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Plicatomurus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy
Plicatomurus was named by Chang (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi-u D Give]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pachyfavositinae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Plicatomurus Chang
1981Plicatomurus Hill
2002Plicatomurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
subfamilyPachyfavositinaeMironova 1965
genusPlicatomurusChang 1959

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.

G. †Plicatomurus Chang 1959
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Plicatomurus giganteus Sharkova 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available