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Catenipora workmanae

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae

Taxonomy
Catenipora workmanae was named by Flower (1961). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is El Paso, Franklin Mountains, which is in an Edenian shallow subtidal limestone in the Second Value Formation of Texas.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Catenipora workmanae Flower
1985Catenipora workmanae Pandolfi p. 32 figs. Pl. 13, fig. 3, Pl. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHalysitinaSokolov 1947
familyHalysitidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
subfamilyCateniporinaeHamada 1957
genusCateniporaLamarck 1816
speciesworkmanae

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Catenipora workmanae Flower 1961
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. M. Pandolfi 1985Corallite walls are thick, commonly 0.2-0.3 mm. The ratio of the width of the corallite wall to the mid-length width of the tabularia ranges from 0.29-0.35. The outer wall surface is convex around each corallite. The mean corallite mid-length width and width at the common wall is 1.2 mm and 0.8 mm, respectively. Corallites are commonly spaced 3 in 5 mm. Corallites have a mean length to mid length width ratio of 1.45. The mid-length width of the tabularia is one-half to two-thirds the length of the tabularia. Tabulae are variable in form and occur 7-10 in 5 mm.