Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri Oekentorp and Schröder 2001 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Full reference: K. Oekentorp and S. Schröder. 2001. Korallen (Rugosa; Tabulata) aus dem Paläozoikum des SW Sultan Dag, Türkei. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of Gondwana in Honour of Helmut Wopfner 369-381

Belongs to Michelinia (Protomichelinia) according to K. Oekentorp and S. Schröder 2001

Sister taxa: Protomichelinia abnormis, Protomichelinia brevispinosa, Protomichelinia camara, Protomichelinia crassabnormis, Protomichelinia dafangensis, Protomichelinia denticulata, Protomichelinia favositoides, Protomichelinia gangiliigera, Protomichelinia grandispinosa, Protomichelinia guangdeensis, Protomichelinia guichiensis, Protomichelinia guizhouensis, Protomichelinia hanshanensis, Protomichelinia irregularis, Protomichelinia laosensis, Protomichelinia lepingensis, Protomichelinia longyinensis, Protomichelinia microstoma, Protomichelinia multisepta, Protomichelinia multitabulata, Protomichelinia panxianensis, Protomichelinia siyangensis, Protomichelinia submicrostoma, Protomichelinia variabilis, Protomichelinia wuguishanensis, Protomichelinia xinchengensis

Type specimen: GIM T3 Ba. Its type locality is 350 m NE of Oluk Dag, Camlica, Sultan Dag, which is in a Moscovian carbonate limestone in the Randkalk Formation of Türkiye.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 350 m NE of Oluk Dag, Camlica, Sultan Dag

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