Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Turbinolia gigantissima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia gigantissima was named by Monsour (1944). Its type locality is Little Stave Creek, loc. 1304, lower Lisbon, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian marine horizon in the Lisbon Formation of Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Turbinolia gigantissima Monsour

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusTurbinoliaLamarck 1816
speciesgigantissima

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.

Turbinolia gigantissima Monsour 1944
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 03:20:09
Modified: 2009-11-24 10:12:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Turbinolia gigantissima (type locality: 87138)