Turbinolia olssoni Wells 1937 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1937. Coral studies, part 1: Two new species of fossil corals. Bulletins of American Paleontology 23(79):237-241

Belongs to Turbinolia according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Turbinolia (Turbinolia), Turbinolia attenuata, Turbinolia bowerbanki, Turbinolia capayasensis, Turbinolia claibornensis, Turbinolia clarki, Turbinolia costata, Turbinolia dickersoni, Turbinolia dispar, Turbinolia dixoni, Turbinolia fredericiana, Turbinolia gerardi, Turbinolia gigantissima, Turbinolia humilis, Turbinolia imbulata, Turbinolia insignifica, Turbinolia jollaensis, Turbinolia laminifera, Turbinolia lunnulitiformis, Turbinolia minor, Turbinolia mitrata, Turbinolia nilensis, Turbinolia nystiana, Turbinolia paniselensis, Turbinolia pusillanima, Turbinolia quaylei, Turbinolia subtercisa, Turbinolia tenuis, Turbinolia vaughani, Turbinolia vicksburgensis, Turbinolia vincenti, Turbinolia wautubbeensis, Turbinolia weaveri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Charanal, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Mancora Formation of Peru

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Eocene of Colombia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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