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Protomichelinia guizhouensis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Protomichelinia guizhouensis was named by Lin (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Protomichelinia guizhouensis Lin
1978Protomichelinia guizhouensis Yang p. 194 figs. Pl 65, fig 1
1997Protomichelinia guizhouensis Leleshus p. 194 figs. Pl 4

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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)
speciesguizhouensisLin 1962

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 Wordian or 283.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Guizhou) Protomichelinia guizhouensis (121177)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Afghanistan (Helmand) Protomichelinia guizhouensis (82596)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Hunan) Protomichelinia guizhouensis (100078)