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Turgidiffiinae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Diffingiidae

Taxonomy
Turgidiffiinae was named by Fedorowski (1985). Its type is Turgidiffia.

It was assigned to Diffingiidae by Fedorowski (1985).

Subtaxa
Turgidiffia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Turgidiffiinae Fedorowski p. 215

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

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.

Subfm. †Turgidiffiinae Fedorowski 1985
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G. †Turgidiffia Fedorowski 1985
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†Turgidiffia columellata Fedorowski 1985
†Turgidiffia completa Fedorowski 1985
†Turgidiffia composita Fedorowski 1985
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: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Turgidiffia composita, Turgidiffia completa, Turgidiffia columellata (101775)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Turgidiffia composita (75935)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Turgidiffia completa (43566 75862 75864) Turgidiffia composita (43561 43562 75919 75925) Turgidiffia composita, Turgidiffia columellata (75922) Turgidiffia composita, Turgidiffia completa (43560) T. gen. et sp. n. A, Turgidiffia composita (43534) T. gen. et sp. n. A, Turgidiffia composita, Turgidiffia completa, Turgidiffia columellata (75923)