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Melikerona

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae

Taxonomy
Melikerona was named by Alloiteau (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath J Call Sepkoski's reference number: 847]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dendrogyriidae by Beauvais (1966); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Melikerona Alloiteau
1966Melikerona Beauvais
2002Melikerona Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMeandriinaAlloiteau 1952
familyDendrogyriidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusMelikerona

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. †Melikerona Alloiteau 1958
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Melikerona parva Gregory 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 167.70000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Romania (Central Dobrogea) M. parva (38191)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) M. parva (86479)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia (Taţāwīn) Isastrea parva (83349)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia M. parva (36661 36665)