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Microcoryne

Taxonomy
Microcoryne is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Porifera by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Microcoryne Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
RankNameAuthor
genusMicrocoryne

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
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindp
Comments: Data from Bengston et al. (1990).g
Created: 2009-04-21 12:22:07
Modified: 2009-04-21 14:22:07
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Delamaran or 521.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) M. cephalata (97747 97767 97768 97769)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) M. cephalata (97751 97770)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Jordan M. cephalata (139934)