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Manicina geisteri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Manicina geisteri was named by Budd and Johnson (1999). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 16844 - Río Cano [Cercado Fm], which is in a Messinian coastal sandstone/limestone in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Manicina geisteri Budd and Johnson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusManicinaEhrenberg 1834
speciesgeisteri

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.

Manicina geisteri Budd and Johnson 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:28:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:28:12
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Manicina geisteri (93686)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic Manicina geisteri (84985)
Late/Upper Miocene - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic Manicina geisteri (84999)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Manicina geisteri (120360 120362 120389 120392 120394 120396)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Manicina geisteri (84965 type locality: 84983 84990 90619 93996 94099)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Manicina geisteri (90620)