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Craterophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae

Taxonomy
Craterophyllum was named by Foerste (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-l D Eife-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Arachnophyllinae by Hill (1956); to Arachnophyllidae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Craterophyllum Foerste
1956Craterophyllum Hill
1981Craterophyllum Hill
2002Craterophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderArachnophyllinaZhavoronkova 1972
familyArachnophyllidaeDybowski 1873
genusCraterophyllumFoerste 1909

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. †Craterophyllum Foerste 1909
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Diagnosis
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