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Riphaeolites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Cleistoporidae

Taxonomy
Riphaeolites was named by Yanet (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-u D Emsi].

It was corrected as Rhiphaeolites by Yanet (1956); it was misspelled as Rhiphaeolites by Nikiforova (1977), Hill (1981) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Tabulata by Yanet (1956); to Cleistoporidae by Nikiforova (1977) and Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Riphaeolites Yanet
1956Rhiphaeolites Yanet
1977Rhiphaeolites Nikiforova
1981Riphaeolites Hill
2002Riphaeolites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyCleistoporidaeEaston 1944
genusRiphaeolitesYanet 1955

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. †Riphaeolites Yanet 1955
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Riphaeolites magnus Sharkova 1981
Riphaeolites zogtensis Sharkova 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available