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Turbinolia pusillanima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia pusillanima was named by Nomland (1916). It is not extant. Its type locality is UCMP 476, Mount Diablo, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. lunnulitiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Turbinolia pusillanima Nomland

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusTurbinoliaLamarck 1816
speciespusillanima

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.

†Turbinolia pusillanima Nomland 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 03:20:09
Modified: 2009-11-24 10:12:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Turbinolia pusillanima (122294)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Turbinolia pusillanima (16712)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Turbinolia pusillanima (type locality: 122295)