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Wilsonastraea rigbyi

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae

Taxonomy
Wilsonastraea rigbyi was named by Stevens and Rycerski (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 85270 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 59KR18-20, Scud River, Stikine, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in Canada. It is the type species of Wilsonastraea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Wilsonastraea rigbyi Stevens and Rycerski p. 173 figs. 6.4-6.7,6.9,6.10
2007Wilsonastraea rigbyi Fedorowski et al. p. 101 figs. Pl 9, figs 5-8; pl 10, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyKleopatrinidae
genusWilsonastraea
speciesrigbyi

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.

Wilsonastraea rigbyi Stevens and Rycerski 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Wilsonastraea rigbyi (type locality: 75823)