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Michelinia meekana

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Michelinia meekana was named by Girty (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 158784 (coral) and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pleurodictyum meekanum by Easton (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Michelinia meekana Girty p. 189
1943Pleurodictyum meekanum Easton pp. 130, 136
1969Michelinia meekana Sando pp. 12 - 13 figs. pl. 2 f. 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMicheliniidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
subfamilyMicheliniinaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
genusMicheliniade Koninck 1841
speciesmeekana

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Michelinia meekana Girty 1910
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Diagnosis
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