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Foveolocyathus kitsoni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Trematotrochus kitsoni was named by Dennant (1901). It is extant. Its type locality is Wilkinson's No 4 Aire coastal section, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Australia.

It was recombined as Foveolocyathus kitsoni by Cairns (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Trematotrochus kitsoni Dennant
1997Foveolocyathus kitsoni Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusFoveolocyathus
specieskitsoni()

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.

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Diagnosis
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