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Protomichelinia hanshanensis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Protomichelinia hanshanensis was named by Chen and Qi (1982). Its type specimen is Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-636 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xicangshan, Hanshan County, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Protomichelinia hanshanensis Chen and Qi p. 170 figs. Pl 64, fig 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)
specieshanshanensis

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 hanshanensis Chen and Qi 1982
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Diagnosis
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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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guangxi) Protomichelinia hanshanensis (132984)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Anhui) Protomichelinia hanshanensis (type locality: 100838)