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Cystomichelinia boyangensis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Cystomichelinia boyangensis was named by Zhu (1982). Its type specimen is GI-646 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tieshidun, Qixia Formation, Boyang County, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Cystomichelinia boyangensis Zhu p. 173 figs. Pl 66, fig 5

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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
speciesboyangensis

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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Guangxi) Cystomichelinia boyangensis (132984)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Guangxi) Cystomichelinia boyangensis (119968)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangxi) Cystomichelinia boyangensis (type locality: 100827)