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Turgidiffia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Diffingiidae

Taxonomy
Turgidiffia was named by Fedorowski (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm]. Its type is Turgidiffia composita. It is the type genus of Turgidiffiinae.

It was assigned to Turgidiffiinae by Fedorowski (1985); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Turgidiffia Fedorowski
2002Turgidiffia Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Turgidiffia Fedorowski 1985
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Turgidiffia columellata Fedorowski 1985
Turgidiffia completa Fedorowski 1985
Turgidiffia composita Fedorowski 1985
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 (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) T. composita, T. completa, T. columellata (101775)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) T. composita (75935)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) T. completa (43566 75862 75864) T. composita (43534 43561 43562 75919 75925) T. composita, T. columellata (75922) T. composita, T. completa (43560) T. composita, T. completa, T. columellata (75923)