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Wexolina tombstonensis

Anthozoa

Taxonomy
Wexolina tombstonensis was named by Wilson (1985). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7170 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP 6182, Tombstone Mountain, Shasta County, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the McCloud Formation of California. It is the type species of Wexolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Wexolina tombstonensis Wilson p. 3 figs. 4,5a-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
genusWexolina
speciestombstonensis

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Wexolina tombstonensis Wilson 1985
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Diagnosis
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