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Mesosolenia

Anthozoa - Favositida - Multisoleniidae

Taxonomy
Mesosolenia was named by Mironova (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u S Ludl-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Multisoleniinae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Mesosolenia Mironova
1981Mesosolenia Hill
2002Mesosolenia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMultisoleniidaeFritz 1950
subfamilyMultisoleniinaeFritz 1950
genusMesosoleniaMironova 1960

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.

G. †Mesosolenia Mironova 1960
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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 Telychian to the top of the Pridoli or 438.60000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) M. sp. (79526)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Shaanxi) M. sp. (23249)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) M. sp. (23254)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) M. labyrintha (79394)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Gansu) M. sp. (27914)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) M. festiva (79400 79419 79485 79529 79530 79576 79577) M. labyrintha (79527) M. labyrintha, M. festiva (79528)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Siberia) M. festiva (206378 206379 206380 206381)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Tyva) M. festiva, M. labyrintha (78720)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62Ukraine M. reliqua (14147)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine M. reliqua (23360 23440 23485)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Belarus M. sp. (23672)