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Oxysmilia pliocenica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Oxysmilia pliocenica was named by Cairns (1995). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PPP# 311 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm], which is in a Piacenzian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Cayo Agua Formation of Panama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Oxysmilia pliocenica Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusOxysmiliaDuchassaing 1870
speciespliocenica

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.

†Oxysmilia pliocenica Cairns 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available