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Mictocystoides breviseptatum

Anthozoa - Stauriida

Taxonomy
Mictocystoides breviseptatum was named by Flügel (1990). Its type specimen is 64 TH T14/1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chah Shirin, east of Semnan, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in Iran. It is the type species of Mictocystoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Mictocystoides breviseptatum Flügel p. 528 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
genusMictocystoides
speciesbreviseptatum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Mictocystoides breviseptatum (type locality: 99764)