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Diffingia tortuosa

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Diffingiidae

Taxonomy
Diffingia tortuosa was named by Fedorowski (1985). Its type specimen is USNM 197441 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Diffingia tortuosa Fedorowski p. 213 figs. Pl 13, figs 10a,b; pl 17, figs 3a-c; pl 20, fig 1; text-fig 1:3a-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
speciestortuosa

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Diffingia tortuosa Fedorowski 1985
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Diagnosis
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