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Protomichelinia dafangensis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Protomichelinia dafangensis was named by Yang (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Liujiazhai, Maochang, Dafang County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Protomichelinia dafangensis Yang p. 196 figs. Pl 65, figs 5,6

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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)
speciesdafangensis

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Diagnosis
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