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Trochocyathus oregonensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus oregonensis was named by Nomland (1916). It is not extant. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-169, 49-Mine, near Phoenix, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Hornbrook Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. affinis, T. gajensis, T. nummiformis, T. nummuliticus, T. rawsoni, T. durhami, T. elongatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Trochocyathus oregonensis Nomland

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesoregonensis

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.

†Trochocyathus oregonensis Nomland 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available