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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

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 olssoni Wells 1937
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Turbinolia olssoni (3315)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Peru Turbinolia olssoni (type locality: 122891)