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Diffingia collecticia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Diffingiidae

Taxonomy
Diffingia collecticia was named by Fedorowski (1985). Its type specimen is USNM 197389 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM705a, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Diffingia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Diffingia collecticia Fedorowski p. 212 figs. Pl 13, figs 3-5; pl 14, figs 9a,b; pl 16; pl 19, figs 3a,b; text-fig 1:1a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderDiffingiina
familyDiffingiidae
subfamilyDiffingiinae
genusDiffingia
speciescollecticia

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Diffingia collecticia Fedorowski 1985
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Diagnosis
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