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Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri was named by Oekentorp and Schröder (2001). Its type specimen is GIM T3 Ba and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 350 m NE of Oluk Dag, Camlica, Sultan Dag, which is in a Moscovian carbonate limestone in the Randkalk Formation of Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri Oekentorp and Schröder p. 374 figs. Pl 2, figs 8-12

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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
genusMichelinia(Yabe and Hayasaka 1915)
subgenusProtomichelinia
specieswopfneri

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.

†Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri Oekentorp and Schröder 2001
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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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Turkey Michelinia wopfneri (type locality: 131983)