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Madracis wellsi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Madracis wellsi was named by Bentson (1943). Its type locality is Capay Eocene Corals, CA, II, which is in a Ypresian deep subtidal sandstone/conglomerate in the Capay Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Madracis wellsi Bentson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAstrocoeniidaeKoby 1890
genusMadracisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
specieswellsi

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Madracis wellsi Bentson 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available