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Turbinolia olssoni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia olssoni was named by Wells (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charanal, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Mancora Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Turbinolia olssoni Wells pp. 237-238 figs. pl. 35, figs. 1, 2
1946Turbinolia olssoni Clark and Durham p. 78

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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
genusTurbinoliaLamarck 1816
speciesolssoni

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Turbinolia olssoni Wells 1937
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Diagnosis
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