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Oulophyllia californica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Oulophyllia californica was named by Durham (1942). Its type specimen is CAS v5918 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Oulophyllia californica Durham p. 507
2005Oulophyllia californica López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusOulophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciescalifornica

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.

Oulophyllia californica Durham 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Oulophyllia californica (type locality: 32907)