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Mirandella formosa

Anthozoa - Mirandellidae

Taxonomy
Mirandella formosa was named by Tchudinova (2000). Its type specimen is PIN 3203/15 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kolyma River, opposite Polovinnyi Island, which is in a Cisuralian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Mirandella formosa Tchudinova p. 255 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
familyMirandellidaeTchudinova 1986
genusMirandellaTchudinova 1986
speciesformosa

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.

†Mirandella formosa Tchudinova 2000
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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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Russian Federation Mirandella formosa (type locality: 118982)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Mirandella formosa (119038)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Mirandella formosa (118983)