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Turbinolia dickersoni

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8601702https://www.gbif.org/species/8601702
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)154811https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=154811
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Turbinolia : Turbinolia dickersoni
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Turbinolia : Turbinolia dickersoni
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusTurbinoliaLamarck 1816
speciesTurbinolia dickersoniNomland 1916
Generic NameTurbinolia
Scientific NameTurbinolia dickersoni Nomland, 1916
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Turbinolia dickersonispeciesbelongs to Turbinoliastated with evidenceNomland, 1916
Turbinolia dickersonispeciesbelongs to Turbinoliastated without evidencePalmer, 1923
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary (based on Turbinoliidae)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietmicrocarnivore (based on Turbinoliidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scleractinia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. O. Nomland. 1916. Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California Publications 9(5):59-76

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Turbinolia frescoensis Barta-Calmus, 1969GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Turbinolia : Turbinolia frescoensis
Turbinolia midwayensis Monsour, 1944GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Turbinolia : Turbinolia midwayensis
Turbinolia rosetta Howe, 1960GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Turbinolia : Turbinolia rosetta

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1916Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland
1923Turbinolia dickersoni Palmer p. 306 figs. Plate 56, figures 2 and 4
1944Turbinolia midwayensis Monsour
1960Turbinolia rosetta Howe
1969Turbinolia frescoensis Barta-Calmus
1984Turbinolia dickersoni Squires p. 14
1992Turbinolia dickersoni Squires and Demetrion p. 24

References

Nomland J. O. (1916) Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon, Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California Publications 9 5, 59-76
Palmer D. B. K. (1923) A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 8, 289-318
Monsour E. (1944) Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Golf Coast, Journal of Paleontology 18 2, 109-118
Howe H. J. (1960) Turbinolia rosetta, a new coral species from the Paleocene of Alabama, Journal of Paleontology 34 5, 1020-1022
Barta-Calmus S (1969) Études paléontologiques et géologiques sur le Falaises de Fresco (Côte d'Ivoire), Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 41 3, 817-832
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Squires R. L., Demetrion R. A. (1992) Paleontology of the Eocene Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 434, 1-55
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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