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Spinophyllum

Anthozoa - Charactophyllidae

Taxonomy
Spinophyllum was named by Wedekind (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-l D Fras]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cylindrophyllum by Hill (1956).

It was assigned to Disphyllinae by Hill (1981); to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Charactophyllidae by Abbasi et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Spinophyllum Wedekind
1981Spinophyllum Hill
2002Spinophyllum Sepkoski
2014Spinophyllum Abbasi et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
familyCharactophyllidaePedder 1972
genusSpinophyllumWedekind 1922

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. †Spinophyllum Wedekind 1922
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Spinophyllum arduum Lütte 1985
Spinophyllum blacourti Rohart 1988
Spinophyllum ondra Galle 2007
Spinophyllum prolatum Brownlaw and Jell 2008
Spinophyllum spongiosum Schlüter 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available