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Microsolena agariciformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Microsolena agariciformis was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cesaris, M. culcitaeformis, M. minima

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Microsolena agariciformis Etallon
1859Microsolena agariciformis Étallon
1900Microsolena variolata Gregory

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusMicrosolenaLamouroux 1821
speciesagariciformis

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.

†Microsolena agariciformis Étallon 1859
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Invalid names: Microsolena variolata Gregory 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 168.60000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena agariciformis (41397)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena agariciformis (41402 41408)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran Microsolena variolata (85446)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena agariciformis (41410 41414 41416)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena agariciformis (41405)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Microsolena variolata (83637 83639)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena agariciformis (41418)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ukraine Microsolena agariciformis (67868)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena agariciformis (41417)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Centre) Microsolena agariciformis (93124)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21China (Xizang) Microsolena agariciformis (116454)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Uzbekistan Microsolena agariciformis (34859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Microsolena agariciformis (23909 23910 23911 23913 23916 23921 23924)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Microsolena agariciformis (23919)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Microsolena agariciformis (68365 68367 68371 68377)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Microsolena agariciformis (35185 35191 35198 35199)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Uzbekistan Microsolena agariciformis (91782 91786)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Microsolena agariciformis (68588 68589 68590 68614)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Microsolena agariciformis (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Microsolena agariciformis (68646 68682 68690 68697 68698)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Microsolena agariciformis (90017)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Microsolena agariciformis (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Microsolena agariciformis (68368 68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Microsolena agariciformis (34662 67905 67906 67908 68586 68600)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Microsolena agariciformis (34611 34624)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Microsolena agariciformis (68787 68803 68811 68815 68817 68819)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Microsolena agariciformis (68220)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Microsolena agariciformis (68241)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Microsolena agariciformis (23904 34398)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Microsolena agariciformis (133384)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Microsolena agariciformis (68239 68609)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Bulgaria (Pernik) Microsolena agariciformis (87063 87064)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Microsolena agariciformis (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Microsolena agariciformis (36544 64116)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Microsolena agariciformis (87075 87081 87086)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Microsolena agariciformis (116611)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Microsolena agariciformis (60374 60375)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Switzerland Microsolena agariciformis (72040)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain Microsolena agariciformis (82689)