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Micrabacia arkansasensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae

Taxonomy
Micrabacia arkansasensis was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Hearn, which is in a Campanian coastal marl in the Marlbrook Marl Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Micrabacia arkansasensis Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyMicrabaciidaeVaughan 1905
genusMicrabaciaMilne-Edwards 1849
speciesarkansasensis

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: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 16:47:00
Modified: 2009-12-08 05:32:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Micrabacia arkansasensis (type locality: 123366)