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Cystomichelinia regularis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Cystomichelinia regularis was named by Wu and Wang (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shawan, Qixia Fm, Leshan County, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Cystomichelinia regularis Wu and Wang p. 297 figs. Pl 155, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMicheliniidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
subfamilyMicheliniinaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
genusCystomicheliniaLin 1962
speciesregularis

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.

Cystomichelinia regularis Wu and Wang 1974
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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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Anhui) Cystomichelinia regularis (100203 100787)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Sichuan) Cystomichelinia regularis (type locality: 98058)