Microantyx Kornicker and Imbrie 1958

Ophiocistioidea - Rotasacciidae

Full reference: L. S. Kornicker and I. Imbrie. 1958. Holothurian sclerites from the Florena Shale (Permian) of Kansas. Micropaleontology 4:93-96

Parent taxon: Rotasacciidae according to A. Boczarowski 2001

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Gutschick 1959, Gutschick et al. 1967, Kornicker and Imbrie 1958, Kozur and Mostler 1989, Mostler 1971, Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Wernlund 1977

Sister taxa: Erisserra, Longiserra, Ornatoserra, Pararotasaccus, Protocaudina, Rotasaccus

Subtaxa: Microantyx mudgei Microantyx permiana Microantyx praedulcis Microantyx pseudobotoni Microantyx sosioensis Microantyx tarazi

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Type: Microantyx permiana

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Permian of Iran (1 collection), Italy (1), United States (3: Kansas, Texas)

• Carboniferous of Afghanistan (1), United States (3: Indiana, Montana)

• Devonian of Poland (2)

Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences

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