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Protomichelinia favositoides

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Michelinia favositoides was named by Girty (1908).

It was recombined as Protomichelinia favositoides by Flügel (1964), Ezaki (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Michelinia favositoides Girty
1958Michelinia favositoides Hudson p. 188 figs. Pl 32, figs 5,6
1964Protomichelinia favositoides Flügel p. 428 figs. Pl 34, figs 1,2
1991Protomichelinia favositoides Ezaki p. 124 figs. Pl 25, figs 1,2

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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)
speciesfavositoides(Girty 1908)

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 Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 274.40000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iran Protomichelinia favositoides (107690)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iraq Michelinia favositoides (75647 89066)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Tehran) Protomichelinia favositoides (43291 43292)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Michelinia favositoides (112897 112899 112909)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran Protomichelinia favositoides (224053)