Michelinia placenta 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 W. Waagen and J. Wentzel 1886

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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