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Oculina olssoni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Oculina olssoni was named by Wells (1941). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Negritos, Basal Restin, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Restin Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. floridana, O. remondi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Oculina olssoni Wells p. 312

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
genusOculinaGray 1847
speciesolssoni

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.

†Oculina olssoni Wells 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available