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Verbeekiella mersa

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Verbeekiellidae

Taxonomy
Verbeekiella mersa was named by Hill (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Minilya River, east limb of syncline west of Coolkilya Pool, L-C horizon, which is in a Kungurian coastal siliciclastic in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Verbeekiella mersa Hill p. 63 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,6; pl 2, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyVerbeekiellidaeSchouppé and Stacul 1955
genusVerbeekiella
speciesmersa

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.

Verbeekiella mersa Hill 1942
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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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Verbeekiella mersa (144685 144693 type locality: 144694)