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Protomichelinia wuguishanensis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Protomichelinia wuguishanensis was named by Wu and Zhao (1982). Its type specimen is NIGP 62073 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wuguishan, Qixia Formation, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Protomichelinia wuguishanensis Wu and Zhao p. 171 figs. Pl 65, fig 4

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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
genusProtomichelinia(Yabe and Hayasaka 1915)
specieswuguishanensis

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†Protomichelinia wuguishanensis Wu and Zhao 1982
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Diagnosis
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