Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Coeloria wellsi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Coeloria wellsi was named by Durham (1942). Its type specimen is CAS 5914 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Domengine Reef, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Mabury Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. magna, C. siciliae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Coeloria wellsi Durham p. 506 figs. Plate 44, figs. 2, 13, 14

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCoeloriaEhrenberg 1834
specieswellsi

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.

†Coeloria wellsi Durham 1942
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available