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Microsolena major

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea major was named by Ferry (1861). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thamnasteria major by Geyer (1954); it was recombined as Fungiastraea major by Rosendahl (1985); it was recombined as Microsolena major by Baron-Szabo (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Thamnastraea major Ferry
1875Thamnastraea major Becker and Milaschewitsch
1909Microsaraea distefanoi Prever
1951Polyphylloseris japonica Eguchi
1954Thamnasteria major Geyer
1964Microsolena distefanoi Morycowa
1985Fungiastraea major Rosendahl
2001Polyphylloseris distefanoi Löser
2003Microsolena distefanoi Baron-Szabo and Gonzalez-Leon
2006Microsolena distefanoi Morycowa and Decrouez
2008Polyphylloseris distefanoi Tomás et al.
2018Microsolena major Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusMicrosolenaLamouroux 1821
speciesmajor(Ferry 1861)

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.

Microsolena major Ferry 1861
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Invalid names: Microsolena distefanoi Prever 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Campanian or 170.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Mâconnais) Microsolena major (38582 38583 38584 38585 38586 38587)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Chile Fungiastraea major (34631)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia (Trenčín) Microsolena major (234460 234461)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Fungiastraea major (68590)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thamnasteria major (23904 34398)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Spain Fungiastraea major (69197)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria Microsolena major (192209 192222)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Microsolena distefanoi (69144)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Microsolena distefanoi (25151)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Turkmenistan (Turkoman Republic) Microsolena distefanoi (2263)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Microsolena distefanoi (67510 67511 89961 89971 89974 89975)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Turkmenistan Microsolena distefanoi (2260 2261 2264)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Japan (Miyagi) Polyphylloseris japonica (91349)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Microsolena distefanoi (67122 67123)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Turkmenistan Microsolena distefanoi (91684)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Polyphylloseris distefanoi (116611)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Polyphylloseris distefanoi (65198 65199)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Mexico Microsolena distefanoi (21253)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia Microsolena distefanoi (68728 68730)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Switzerland Microsolena distefanoi (72040)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Microsolena distefanoi (34719 60375)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Microsolena distefanoi (25535)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Polyphylloseris distefanoi (64076)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Greece Microsolena distefanoi (60373)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain Polyphylloseris distefanoi (82693 82694)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Poland Microsolena distefanoi (69199)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) Microsolena distefanoi (35101)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) Microsolena distefanoi (35097)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Serbia Microsolena distefanoi (79221)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria Microsolena distefanoi (24265 24266)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Microsolena distefanoi (31572)