Michelinia abichi Waagen and Wentzel 1886 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Full reference: W. Waagen and J. Wentzel. 1886. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part VI. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(6):835-924

Belongs to Michelinia according to G. Arthaber 1900

See also Waagen and Wentzel 1886

Sister taxa: Michelinia escobari, Michelinia indica, Michelinia macerimuris, Michelinia medifixa, Michelinia meekana, Michelinia miranda, Michelinia nana, Michelinia nelsoni, Michelinia parva, Michelinia pecteniformis, Michelinia placenta, Michelinia stylopora, Michelinia vaga, Michelinia vermispinosa, Michelinia vesiculosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kafirkot North, higher divisions of Productus-limestone, Khisor Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian carbonate limestone in Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Permian of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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