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Protomichelinia microstoma

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Michelinia (Protomichelinia) microstoma was named by Yabe and Hayasaka (1915).

It was recombined as Protomichelinia microstoma by Jia et al. (1977), Yang (1978), Ezaki (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Michelinia (Protomichelinia) microstoma Yabe and Hayasaka
1977Protomichelinia microstoma Jia et al. p. 249 figs. Pl 108, fig 6
1978Protomichelinia microstoma Yang p. 193 figs. Pl 64, fig 5
1991Protomichelinia microstoma Ezaki p. 122 figs. Pl 24, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMicheliniidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
genusProtomichelinia(Yabe and Hayasaka 1915)
speciesmicrostoma(Yabe and Hayasaka 1915)

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.

Protomichelinia microstoma Yabe and Hayasaka 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Murgabian or 290.10000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Guangxi) Protomichelinia microstoma (132984)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Anhui) Protomichelinia microstoma (100206)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Guangdong) Protomichelinia microstoma (109923)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangxi) Protomichelinia microstoma (100798)
Kungurian - Capitanian283.3 - 259.51China (Hubei) Michelinia microstoma (121096)
Murgabian274.4 - 266.9Iran Protomichelinia microstoma (75771)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Guizhou) Protomichelinia microstoma (121172 121173)
Roadian - Changhsingian274.4 - 251.902Iran Protomichelinia microstoma (233584)