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Protomichelinia siyangensis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Michelinia siyangensis was named by Reed (1927).

It was recombined as Protomichelinia siyangensis by Yang (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Michelinia siyangensis Reed
1936Michelinia siyangensis Douglas p. 26 figs. Pl 3, figs 10,10a
1978Protomichelinia siyangensis Yang p. 195 figs. Pl 64, fig 2

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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)
speciessiyangensis(Reed 1927)

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.

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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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangxi) Protomichelinia siyangensis (100799)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iraq Michelinia siyangensis (75647)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Iran Michelinia siyangensis (211727 211729)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Iran Michelinia siyangensis (211733 211735)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Iran (Lorestan) Michelinia siyangensis (211719)