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Microplasma
Taxonomy
Microplasma was named by Dybowski (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u D Give-l Sepkoski's reference number: 422]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cystiphyllidae by Hill (1956) and Merriam (1973); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Cystiphyllidae by Hill (1956) and Merriam (1973); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. W. Merriam 1973 | Slender cylindrical corallites; in longitud- inal thin section, interior occupied by two to four columns of large globose dissepiments or tabellae which are not readily distinguishable. Wall a stereozone in which septal trabeculae are embedded and from which very short septal ridges project inward. No trabecular septal spines on dis- sepiments or tabellae as in Cystiphyllum. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 440.80000 to 383.70000 Ma
Collections (51 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silurian | Australia (Victoria) | M. devonica (10194) | |
| Silurian | USA (Alaska) | M. sp. (108326) M. sp. H (108317) | |
| Llandovery | Australia (New South Wales) | M. lovenianum (25689) | |
| Llandovery | Russian Federation (Yakutiya) | M. orientalis (79514) | |
| Llandovery | China (Guizhou) | M. sp. (27898) | |
| Llandovery - Ludlow | China (Xinjiang) | M. sp. (27764) | |
| Aeronian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | M. sp. (205660) | |
| Aeronian | China | M. sp. (164269) | |
| Aeronian - Telychian | China | M. huayingshanense (164290) | |
| Telychian | Greenland | M. lovenianum (23048) | |
| Telychian | China (Yunnan) | M. sp. (27851) | |
| Telychian | China | M. sp. (27773) | |
| Telychian | China (Shaanxi) | M. sp. (23252) | |
| Telychian | China (Sichuan) | M. sp. (23254) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Russian Federation (Komi) | M. gotlandicum (78956) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Russian Federation | M. sp. (23498) | |
| Wenlock | China (Yunnan) | M. sp. (27872) | |
| Wenlock | Russian Federation (Komi) | M. gotlandicum (78963) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | China (Xinjiang) | M. gotlandicum (27766) | |
| Homerian | United Kingdom (England) | M. sp. (23057) | |
| Gorstian | Czech Republic | M. sp. (14104) | |
| Ludlow | China (Xinjiang) | M. sp. (27795) | |
| Ludlow - Pridoli | USA (Alaska) | M. sp. (100906) | |
| Ludfordian | USA (Indiana) | M. sp. (6706) | |
| Pridoli | China (Jilin) | M. sp. (27749) | |
| Pridoli | Russian Federation (Bashkir) | M. gotlandica (13940 13954) | |
| Pridoli | Russian Federation (Komi) | M. sosvensis (78965) | |
| Pridoli | USA (Virginia) | M. fasciculatum (24951) | |
| Lochkovian | Australia (New South Wales) | M. sp. (25705 25706 25707) | |
| Lochkovian | China (Jilin) | M. sp. (27746) | |
| Lochkovian | Tajikistan | M. schmidti (13982) | |
| Pragian | Vietnam | M. exlansa (83248) | |
| Pragian | Tajikistan | M. sp. (84334) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | Australia (Queensland) | M. ronense (106560) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') | M. caespitosa (40706) | |
| Eifelian | Canada (British Columbia) | M. caespitosum (84250 84251) | |
| Eifelian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | M. caespitosum (55478 84255) M. caespitosum, M. hadron (84256) | |
| Eifelian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (5290) | |
| Eifelian | China (Guangxi) | M. devoniana (4023) M. devonica (4847) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (Alaska) | M. sp. (108334) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | M. minima (235157) | |
| Givetian | China (Guangxi) | M. sp. (4846) | |
| Givetian | Australia (Queensland) | M. caespitosum (80377) |