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Protomichelinia abnormis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Michelinia abnormis was named by Huang (1932).

It was recombined as Protomichelinia abnormis by Flügel (1964) and Yang (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Michelinia abnormis Huang
1961Michelinia abnormis Fontaine p. 208 figs. Pl 18, figs 5,6; pl 33, figs 1,2
1964Protomichelinia abnormis Flügel p. 427
1978Protomichelinia abnormis Yang p. 195 figs. Pl 64, fig 3

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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)
speciesabnormis(Huang 1932)

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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Tehran) Protomichelinia abnormis (43291)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Michelinia abnormis (125067)