Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland 1916 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Synonyms: Turbinolia frescoensis Barta-Calmus 1969, Turbinolia midwayensis Monsour 1944, Turbinolia rosetta Howe 1960

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Turbinolia according to R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion 1992

See also Baron-Szabo 2008, Barta-Calmus 1969, Howe 1960, Monsour 1944, Palmer 1923 and Squires 1984

Sister taxa: Turbinolia (Turbinolia), Turbinolia attenuata, Turbinolia bowerbanki, Turbinolia capayasensis, Turbinolia claibornensis, Turbinolia clarki, Turbinolia costata, 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 wautubbeensis, Turbinolia weaveri

Type specimens:

  • Turbinolia dickersoni: UCMP 12020 (missing since 1932). Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.
  • Turbinolia frescoensis: Its type locality is Falaises de Fresco, region EF (Kraïébouèn), bed 5, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Falaises de Fresco Formation of Cote D'Ivoire.
  • Turbinolia midwayensis: Its type locality is Chalybeate Springs, which is in a Danian marine marl in the Clayton Formation of Mississippi.
  • Turbinolia rosetta: Its type locality is Oak Hill, which is in a Selandian shallow subtidal marl in the Porters Creek Formation of Alabama.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (6: California)

• Paleocene of Iran (1), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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