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Microsolena major

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea major was named by Ferry (1861). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thamnasteria major by Geyer (1954); it was recombined as Fungiastraea major by Rosendahl (1985); it was recombined as Microsolena major by Baron-Szabo (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cesaris, M. culcitaeformis, M. minima

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Thamnastraea major Ferry
1875Thamnastraea major Becker and Milaschewitsch
1909Microsaraea distefanoi Prever
1951Polyphylloseris japonica Eguchi
1954Thamnasteria major Geyer
1964Microsolena distefanoi Morycowa
1985Fungiastraea major Rosendahl
2001Polyphylloseris distefanoi Löser
2003Microsolena distefanoi Baron-Szabo and Gonzalez-Leon
2006Microsolena distefanoi Morycowa and Decrouez
2008Polyphylloseris distefanoi Tomás et al.
2018Microsolena major Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyMicrosolenidaeKoby 1890
genusMicrosolenaLamouroux 1821
speciesmajor(Ferry 1861)

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.

†Microsolena major Ferry 1861
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Invalid names: Microsolena distefanoi Prever 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Campanian or 170.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Mâconnais) Microsolena major (38582 38583 38584 38585 38586 38587)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile Fungiastraea major (34631)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Slovakia (Trenčín) Microsolena major (234460 234461)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Fungiastraea major (68590)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Spain Fungiastraea major (69197)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thamnasteria major (23904 34398)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Microsolena major (192209 192222)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Spain Microsolena distefanoi (69144)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary Microsolena distefanoi (25151)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Japan (Miyagi) Polyphylloseris japonica (91349)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Microsolena distefanoi (67510 67511 89961 89971 89974 89975)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Turkmenistan (Turkoman Republic) Microsolena distefanoi (2263)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Turkmenistan Microsolena distefanoi (2260 2261 2264)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Microsolena distefanoi (91684)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Polyphylloseris distefanoi (116611)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Polyphylloseris distefanoi (65198 65199)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Microsolena distefanoi (67122 67123)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Mexico Microsolena distefanoi (21253)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Slovenia Microsolena distefanoi (68728 68730)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Greece Microsolena distefanoi (60373)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Poland Microsolena distefanoi (69199)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain Polyphylloseris distefanoi (82693 82694)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) Microsolena distefanoi (35101)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Polyphylloseris distefanoi (64076)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Microsolena distefanoi (34719 60375)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Microsolena distefanoi (25535)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland Microsolena distefanoi (72040)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6USA (New Mexico) Microsolena distefanoi (35097)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Serbia and Montenegro Microsolena distefanoi (79221)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Microsolena distefanoi (24265 24266)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Microsolena distefanoi (31572)