Turbinolia wautubbeensis Vaughan 1900 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263

Belongs to Turbinolia according to T. W. Vaughan 1900

Sister taxa: Turbinolia (Turbinolia), Turbinolia attenuata, Turbinolia bowerbanki, Turbinolia capayasensis, Turbinolia claibornensis, Turbinolia clarki, Turbinolia costata, Turbinolia dickersoni, Turbinolia dispar, Turbinolia dixoni, Turbinolia fredericiana, Turbinolia gerardi, Turbinolia gigantissima, Turbinolia humilis, Turbinolia imbulata, Turbinolia insignifica, Turbinolia jollaensis, Turbinolia laminifera, Turbinolia lunnulitiformis, Turbinolia minor, Turbinolia mitrata, Turbinolia nilensis, Turbinolia nystiana, Turbinolia olssoni, Turbinolia paniselensis, Turbinolia pusillanima, Turbinolia quaylei, Turbinolia subtercisa, Turbinolia tenuis, Turbinolia vaughani, Turbinolia vicksburgensis, Turbinolia vincenti, Turbinolia weaveri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wautubbee, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Lisbon Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Wautubbee

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