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Turgidiffia completa

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Diffingiidae

Taxonomy
Turgidiffia completa was named by Fedorowski (1985). Its type specimen is USNM 197500 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM722l, Dugout Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Turgidiffia completa Fedorowski p. 216 figs. Pl 14, figs 4,5a-d,6,7; text-fig 2:3a-d

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

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 completa 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 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Turgidiffia completa (101775)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Turgidiffia completa (43560 43566 75862 75864 type locality: 75923)