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Turbinolia dickersoni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy

Turbinolia dickersoni was named by Nomland (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 12020 (missing since 1932) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

T. lunnulitiformes

Synonyms

Turbinolia frescoensis was named by Barta-Calmus (1969). Its type locality is Falaises de Fresco, region EF (Kraïébouèn), bed 5, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Falaises de Fresco Formation of Cote D'Ivoire.

It was synonymized subjectively with Turbinolia dickersoni by Baron-Szabo (2008).
Turbinolia rosetta was named by Howe (1960). Its type locality is Oak Hill, which is in a Selandian shallow subtidal marl in the Porters Creek Formation of Alabama.

It was synonymized subjectively with Turbinolia dickersoni by Baron-Szabo (2008).
Turbinolia midwayensis was named by Monsour (1944). Its type locality is Chalybeate Springs, which is in a Danian marine marl in the Clayton Formation of Mississippi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Turbinolia dickersoni by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland
1923	Turbinolia dickersoni Palmer p. 306 figs. Plate 56, figures 2 and 4
1944	Turbinolia midwayensis Monsour
1960	Turbinolia rosetta Howe
1969	Turbinolia frescoensis Barta-Calmus
1984	Turbinolia dickersoni Squires p. 14
1992	Turbinolia dickersoni Squires and Demetrion p. 24

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Caryophylliina	(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamily	Caryophyllioidea	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Turbinoliidae	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genus	Turbinolia	Lamarck 1816
species	dickersoni

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.

†Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland 1916

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Invalid names: Turbinolia frescoensis Barta-Calmus 1969 [synonym], Turbinolia midwayensis Monsour 1944 [synonym], Turbinolia rosetta Howe 1960 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

solitaryf

Clonal:

yeso

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

microcarnivoref

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-11 03:20:09

Modified:

2009-11-24 10:12:18

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Lutetian or 66.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Mississippi)	Turbinolia midwayensis (87134)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Iran (South central Iran)	Turbinolia dickersoni (233247)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	USA (Alabama)	Turbinolia rosetta (85066)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (California)	Turbinolia dickersoni (type locality: 122294 122339 193545 201621)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Cote D'Ivoire	Turbinolia frescoensis (78687)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Mexico (Baja California Sur)	Turbinolia dickersoni (5496)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.3	USA (California)	Turbinolia dickersoni (122658)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (California)	Turbinolia dickersoni (200853)