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Micheliniinae

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy

Micheliniinae was named by Waagen and Wentzel (1886). Its type is Michelinia.

It was assigned to Micheliniidae by Murray (1985), Niko et al. (2018).

Subtaxa

Beaumontia, Conopoterium, Cystodendropora, Cystomichelinia, Dendrozoum, Holacanthopora, Julfamichelinia, Kerforneidictyum, Michelinia (type genus), Petridictyum, Pleurodictyum, Tabellaephyllum, Tectamichelinia

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1886	Micheliniinae Waagen and Wentzel
1985	Micheliniinae Murray p. 34
2018	Micheliniinae Niko et al. p. 25

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Tabulata	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
order	Favositida	Wedekind 1937

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Favositina	Wedekind 1937
superfamily	Favositoidea	(Dana 1846)
family	Micheliniidae	Waagen and Wentzel 1886
subfamily	Micheliniinae	Waagen and Wentzel 1886
subfamily	Micheliniinae	Waagen and Wentzel 1886

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.

Subfm. †Micheliniinae Waagen and Wentzel 1886

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G. †Beaumontia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

G. †Conopoterium Winchell 1865

G. †Cystodendropora Lin 1962

G. †Cystomichelinia Lin 1962

†Cystomichelinia anhuiensis Chen and Qi 1982

†Cystomichelinia biknia Flügel 1964

†Cystomichelinia boyangensis Zhu 1982

†Cystomichelinia chaoxianensis Chen and Qi 1982

†Cystomichelinia crassitheca Wang and Zhao 1998

†Cystomichelinia euryformis Wu and Zhao 1982

†Cystomichelinia laibinensis Lin 1963

†Cystomichelinia laibinensis Wang and Zhao 1998

†Cystomichelinia marginocystosa Huang 1932

†Cystomichelinia raretabulata Wu and Zhao 1982

†Cystomichelinia regularis Wu and Wang 1974

†Cystomichelinia renhuaiensis Yang 1978

†Cystomichelinia simplex Chen and Qi 1982

†Cystomichelinia tonglingensis Chen and Qi 1982

†Cystomichelinia vesicata Chen and Qi 1982

G. †Dendrozoum Fuchs 1915

G. †Holacanthopora Le Maître 1954

G. †Julfamichelinia Niko and Badpa 2021

†Julfamichelinia allata Tchudinova 1965

G. †Kerforneidictyum Lafuste and Plusquellec 1976

G. †Michelinia de Koninck 1841

†Michelinia abichi Waagen and Wentzel 1886

†Michelinia escobari Wilson 1990

†Michelinia indica Waagen and Wentzel 1886

†Michelinia macerimuris Webb 1990

†Michelinia medifixa Tchudinova 1965

†Michelinia meekana Girty 1910

†Michelinia miranda Tchudinova 1965

†Michelinia nana Tchudinova 1965

†Michelinia nelsoni Wilson 1982

†Michelinia parva Tchudinova 1965

†Michelinia pecteniformis Huang 1932

†Michelinia placenta Waagen and Wentzel 1886

†Michelinia stylopora Eaton 1876

†Michelinia vaga Tchudinova 1965

†Michelinia vermispinosa Huang 1932

†Michelinia vesiculosa Tchudinova 1965

G. †Petridictyum Schindewolf 1959

G. †Pleurodictyum Goldfuss 1829

†Pleurodictyum subramosum Easton et al. 1958

G. †Tabellaephyllum Stumm 1948

G. †Tectamichelinia

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 Wenlock to the top of the Changhsingian or 432.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (361 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Ashgill - Wenlock	449.5 - 426.7	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Michelinia sp. (188780)
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	Australia (Victoria)	Pleurodictyum megastoma (10187 10191 10193)
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	USA (Kentucky)	Pleurodictyum louisvillensis (5676)
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	USA (California)	Michelinia favositoidea (229253)
Wenlock - Ludlow	432.9 - 422.7	Australia (Victoria)	Pleurodictyum megastoma (25712)
Wenlock - Ludlow	432.9 - 422.7	Argentina	Pleurodictyum sp. (25060 25061 25062)
Wenlock - Pridoli	432.9 - 419.62	Argentina	Pleurodictyum sp. (25058)
Wenlock - Silurian	432.9 - 419.62	USA (Wisconsin)	Pleurodictyum sp. (13017 13021 13024 13040 13041)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Australia (Victoria)	Pleurodictyum sp. (495)
Ludlow - Pridoli	426.7 - 419.62	Bolivia (La Paz)	Pleurodictyum sp. (37051)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Azerbaijan	Michelinia globosa (110672) Michelinia medifixa (110676 116766) Michelinia medifixa, Michelinopora allata (97229 110669) Michelinia tenuisepta (232366)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Iran	Julfamichelinia allata (224055) Protomichelinia allata (107685)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Pakistan	Michelinia glomerata (119541) Michelinia indica (119527) Michelinia placenta (90253)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Pakistan (Punjab)	Michelinia placenta (75765)
Lopingian	259.51 - 251.902	Slovenia	Michelinia indica (60192)
Lopingian	259.51 - 251.902	China (Jiangxi)	Michelinia sp. (109628)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian	259.51 - 251.902	Pakistan	Michelinia abichi (119614)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Azerbaijan	Michelinia globosa (116761) Michelinia parva (110706) Michelinia parva, Michelinia nana (116765) Michelinia vaga (81395) Michelinia vaga, Michelinia parva (110698)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Iran	Michelinia sp. (118285 118293) Michelinia vesiculosa (119051)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Armenia	Michelinia globosa, Michelinia nana (116760) Michelinia nana (116777) Michelinia vaga, Michelinia parva (113726)