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Oculina smithi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Oculina smithi was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is Prairie Creek, which is in a Paleocene coastal siliciclastic in Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Oculina smithi Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
genusOculinaGray 1847
speciessmithi

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.

Oculina smithi Vaughan 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Architecture: compact or denseg
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:26:25
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:26:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008, Wells 1956

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Oculina smithi (2859)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Oculina smithi (type locality: 87802)