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Procteria

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Procteria was named by Davis (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Granulidictyinae by Hill (1981); to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Micheliniidae by May (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Procteria Davis
1981Procteria Hill
2002Procteria Sepkoski
2006Procteria May

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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
subfamilyGranulidictyinaeWeyer 1970
genusProcteriaDavis 1887

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. †Procteria Davis 1887
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Subg. †Procteria (Pachyprocteria) Hill 1981
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 Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Givetian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany P. sp. (36680)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany P. sp. (60159)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. granuliferum (75587)