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Manicina jungi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Manicina jungi was named by Budd and Johnson (1999). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 16821 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian coastal sandstone/limestone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Manicina jungi Budd and Johnson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusManicinaEhrenberg 1834
speciesjungi

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.

Manicina jungi Budd and Johnson 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:28:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:28:12
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Zanclean or 11.62000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Manicina jungi (41112)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Manicina jungi (41113 84952 84965 84983 type locality: 84986 84989 93687 93716 93717 93996)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Manicina jungi (41114 84998 90620 93733 94003)