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Neomphyma
Taxonomy
Neomphyma was named by Soshkina (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 1240]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Spongophyllidae by Hill (1956); to Kyphophyllidae by Merriam (1973); to Ptenophyllinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Spongophyllidae by Hill (1956); to Kyphophyllidae by Merriam (1973); to Ptenophyllinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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. †Neomphyma Soshkina 1937
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†Neomphyma crassa Tyazheva et al. 1976
†Neomphyma crawfordi Merriam 1973
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. W. Merriam 1973 | Solitary and fasciculate rugose corals with slender cylindrical mature corallites having a narrow peripheral stereozone, large irregular peripheral lonsdaleioid dissepiments, and a few thin nonuniform discontinuous septa, which may extend to the axis. T abularium usually narrow; tabulae very unevenly developed, either widely spaced or closely set. |