Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Full reference: E. Monsour. 1944. Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Golf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 18(2):109-118
Belongs to Turbinolia according to E. Monsour 1944
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 olssoni, Turbinolia paniselensis, Turbinolia pusillanima, Turbinolia quaylei, Turbinolia subtercisa, Turbinolia tenuis, Turbinolia vaughani, Turbinolia vincenti, Turbinolia wautubbeensis, Turbinolia weaveri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Glass Bayou [Mint Spring Fm], which is in a Rupelian coastal claystone in the Mint Springs Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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