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Moltkia

Anthozoa - Gorgonacea

Taxonomy
Moltkia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gorgonida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Moltkia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderGorgonaceaLamouroux 1816
genusMoltkia

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.

G. †Moltkia
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Moltkia advena Squires 1958
Moltkia foveolata Reuss 1846
Moltkia minuta Nielsen 1918
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:09:29
Modified: 2009-05-12 00:09:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Whaingaroan or 99.60000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany M. foveolata (74193 74194)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) M. foveolata (94606)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic M. foveolata (146401 146500 146501)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic M. sp. (99235)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Ukraine M. sp., M. minuta (77096)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) M. minuta (85268 85271 85272 85273 85274)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark M. minuta (67343)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Kazakhstan M. minuta (86752)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Sweden (Skane) M. isis, M. lyelli (123003)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Krym) M. minuta (86684)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Turkmenistan M. minuta (86697)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark M. isis (226855 226859) M. isis, M. lyelli (34629 89866) M. lyelli (226847) M. sp. (226852)
Whaingaroan34.3 - 27.3New Zealand M. advena (89070)