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Microantyx permiana

Ophiocistioidea - Rotasacciidae

Taxonomy
Microantyx permiana was named by Kornicker and Imbrie (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype CU 28,620 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 10: Railroad cut, Morris County, which is in an Asselian coastal shale in the Florena Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Microantyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Microantyx permiana Kornicker and Imbrie p. 94 figs. Pl. 1 figs. 1-6
1962Microantyx permiana Deflandre-Rigaud p. 100
1967Microantyx permiana Gutschick et al. p. 1473
1971Microantyx permiana Mostler p. 10 figs. pl. 2 fig. 15
1976Microantyx permiana Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd p. 22
1977Microantyx permiana Wernlund p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classOphiocistioidea()
familyRotasacciidae
genusMicroantyx
speciespermiana

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.

Microantyx permiana Kornicker and Imbrie 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2010-01-15 07:38:35
Modified: 2010-01-15 09:38:35
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Haude 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Asselian or 358.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0USA (Montana) Microantyx permiana (41437 41444)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Afghanistan Microantyx permiana (99508)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Microantyx permiana (12429 type locality: 97993)