Adkinsella Wells 1933 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288

Parent taxon: Flabellidae according to J. W. Wells 1956

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Blastotrochus, Conosmilia, Cycloflabellum, Flabellum, Gardineria, Javania, Monomyces, Periplacotrochus, Placotrochus, Rhizotrochus, Truncatoflabellum

Subtaxa: Adkinsella edwardsensis

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Type: Adkinsella edwardsensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Crow Ranch (Cretaceous of Texas)

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