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Flabellum wailesii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Taxonomy
Flabellum wailesii was named by Conrad (1856) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6697]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Flabellum wailesii Conrad p. 262
2002Flabellum wailesii Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusFlabellumLesson 1831
specieswailesii

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Flabellum wailesii Conrad 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available