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Microsolena tuberosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Alveopora tuberosa was named by Michelin (1844). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Microsolena tuberosa by d'Orbigny (1850), Milne-Edwards and Haime (1860), Geyer (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Alveopora tuberosa Michelin
1844Alveopora tuberosa Michelin p. 110 figs. pl. 25 fig. 7
1850Microsolena tuberosa d'Orbigny p. 37
1860Microsolena tuberosa Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 201
1955Microsolena tuberosa Geyer

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

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 tuberosa Michelin 1844
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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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 157.90000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Microsolena tuberosa (35183 35185)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Uzbekistan Microsolena tuberosa (34859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Uzbekistan Microsolena tuberosa (91784)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Microsolena tuberosa (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Microsolena tuberosa (85934)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Microsolena tuberosa (34662)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Microsolena tuberosa (34624 34625)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Microsolena tuberosa (68220)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Microsolena tuberosa (68783)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Microsolena tuberosa (36533)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Microsolena tuberosa (87075 87076 87078 87081 87086 87087)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Microsolena tuberosa (60374 60375)