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Siderastrea silecensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Siderastrea silecensis was named by Vaughan (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3694 - Wakulla [Chattahoochee Fm], which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone in the Chattahoochee Formation of Florida.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. felixi, S. tersannensis, S. wellsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Siderastrea silecensis Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciessilecensis

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.

†Siderastrea silecensis Vaughan 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available