Turbinolia clarki Quayle 1932 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Full reference: E. H. Quayle. 1932. Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Eocene of California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 7(10):91-110

Belongs to Turbinolia according to E. H. Quayle 1932

Sister taxa: Turbinolia (Turbinolia), Turbinolia attenuata, Turbinolia bowerbanki, Turbinolia capayasensis, Turbinolia claibornensis, Turbinolia costata, Turbinolia dickersoni, 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 vicksburgensis, Turbinolia vincenti, Turbinolia wautubbeensis, Turbinolia weaveri

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak

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