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Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri

Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae

Taxonomy
Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri was named by Oekentorp and Schröder (2001). Its type specimen is GIM T3 Ba and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 350 m NE of Oluk Dag, Camlica, Sultan Dag, which is in a Moscovian carbonate limestone in the Randkalk Formation of Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri Oekentorp and Schröder p. 374 figs. Pl 2, figs 8-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMicheliniidaeWaagen and Wentzel 1886
genusMichelinia(Yabe and Hayasaka 1915)
subgenusProtomichelinia
specieswopfneri

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†Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri Oekentorp and Schröder 2001
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Diagnosis
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