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Protomichelinia gangiliigera

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Protomichelinia gangiliigera was named by Zhao and Cheng (1988). Its type specimen is HF/102055 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Douling, Changning (Douling Fm, Upper Mb), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in the Douling Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Protomichelinia gangiliigera Zhao and Cheng p. 650 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7; pl 2, figs 1-11

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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)
speciesgangiliigera

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.

†Protomichelinia gangiliigera Zhao and Cheng 1988
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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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Hunan) Protomichelinia gangiliigera (type locality: 97261)