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Turgidiffia composita

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Diffingiidae

Taxonomy
Turgidiffia composita was named by Fedorowski (1985). Its type specimen is USNM 197479 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM707b, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Turgidiffia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Turgidiffia composita Fedorowski p. 216 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-3; pl 18, fig 2; text-fig 2:2a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderDiffingiina
familyDiffingiidae
subfamilyTurgidiffiinae
genusTurgidiffia
speciescomposita

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.

Turgidiffia composita Fedorowski 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Turgidiffia composita (101775)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Turgidiffia composita (75935)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Turgidiffia composita (43534 type locality: 43560 43561 43562 75919 75922 75923 75925)