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Turbinaria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinaria was named by Oken (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Turbinaria Oken
1880Turbinacis Quenstedt
1956Turbinaria Wells
2002Tubinacis Sepkoski
2002Turbinaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTurbinariaOken 1815

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. Turbinaria Oken 1815
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Turbinaria crater Pallas 1766
†Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830
†Turbinaria durhami Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
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Invalid names: Turbinaria contorta Bernard 1896 [synonym], Turbinaria danae Bernard 1896 [synonym]
†Turbinaria grandis Chevalier 1961
†Turbinaria jacksoni Bromfield 2013
Turbinaria radicalis Bernard 1896
Turbinaria reniformis Bernard 1896
†Turbinaria sitaensis Duncan 1880
Turbinaria stellulata Lamarck 1816
†Turbinaria tenuis Marenzeller 1908
Invalid names: Turbinacis Quenstedt 1880 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Somalia Turbinacis gregorii (78951)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Greece T. sp. (79603)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France T. cyathiformis (22968 163836)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) T. durhami (31271)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran T. sitaensis (41075)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) T. cyathiformis (88796)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France T. cyathiformis (70241 70315 163837) T. sp., T. cyathiformis (161396)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98France T. cyathiformis (70222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia T. sp. (109041)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia T. tenuis (108810)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Sind) T. sitaensis (11292)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) T. cyathiformis, T. grandis (70203)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy T. cyathiformis (70450)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Fiji T. n. sp. A, T. jacksoni (124828 124829)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France T. cyathiformis (70191) T. cyathiformis, T. grandis (163838)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Türkiye T. sp. (62460)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand T. sp. (89076)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) T. sp. (85536) T. sp. A (85526) T. sp. B (85527)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Fiji T. stellulata (124831)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France T. cyathiformis (163846)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Bulgaria T. sp. (70048)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania T. mesenterina (202214)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) T. sp., T. crater (45343)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Egypt T. mesenterina (96758)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malaysia T. irregularis (216167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea T. mesenterina, T. frondens (42736)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8China (Chenhang Island) T. sp. (221981)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) T. sp. (62804)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt T. mesenterina (96759)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Taiwan T. sp. (63141)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) T. radicalis (85098) T. sp. (85090 85093 85094)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan T. sp. (87992)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Japan T. sp. (87893 87985)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan T. reniformis (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Taiwan T. sp. (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan T. contorta (63137 63138)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774China (Chenhang Island) T. sp. (221979)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan T. sp. (88053) T. sp., T. reniformis (88041) T. sp., T. stellulata (88044) T. stellulata (88054)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) T. sp., T. danae (84621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) T. radicalis (97666) T. sp. (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia T. crater (90050) T. sp. (90044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) T. sp. (109102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) T. sp. (109169)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan T. frondens (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) T. sp. (109194 109199 109220)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan T. sp. (192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. mesenterina (80963 201414)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) T. frondens (167465 167487)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan T. reniformis, T. stellulata (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) T. mesenterina, T. reniformis, T. frondens (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau T. sp. (97446)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) T. sp. (166503 166541)