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Macgeea tourneuri

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae

Taxonomy
Macgeea tourneuri was named by Coen-Aubert (2017). Its type specimen is IRScNB a13160 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Samples 2389 & 2391 of Sougy, unit 91, sec. F6 of Amgli el Harra & Amgli Zguilma, which is in a Givetian deep subtidal shelf siltstone in the Cabrieroceras Limestone Formation of Mauritania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Macgeea tourneuri Coen-Aubert p. 169 figs. pl. 4D-E, pl. 5D-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyPhillipsastreidaeHill 1954
genusMacgeeaWebster 1889
speciestourneuri

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.

Macgeea tourneuri Coen-Aubert 2017
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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: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Mauritania (Tiris Zemmour) Macgeea tourneuri (type locality: 236757 236759 236760)