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Nevadaphyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Nevadaphyllum was named by Stumm (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Streptelasmatinae by Hill (1956); to Siphonophrentinae by Merriam (1974); to Nevadaphyllinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Nevadaphyllum Stumm
1956Nevadaphyllum Hill
1974Nevadaphyllum Merriam p. 44
1981Nevadaphyllum Hill
2002Nevadaphyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
familyStreptelasmatidae(Nicholson 1889)
subfamilyNevadaphyllinae
genusNevadaphyllumStumm 1937

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. †Nevadaphyllum Stumm 1937
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Merriam 1974Large ceratoid to cylindrical solitary
rugose corals. Many of the very numerous long, smooth major septa reach the axis, toward which they become twisted. There is a wide peripheral stereozone and a fossula. The tabularium is wide; the tabulae numerous, crowded and incomplete, uparched periaxially with axial and periaxial sag. Dissepiments are abnormal or false; the dissepiments