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Mycedium
Taxonomy
Mycedium was named by Oken (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Pectiniidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Pectiniidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1815 | Mycedium Oken |
| 1956 | Mycedium Wells |
| 2002 | Mycedium Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Mycedium Huang et al. |
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G. Mycedium Oken 1815
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Indonesia | M. sp. (109227) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Indonesia (Java) | M. tubifex (45343) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia (Maluku) | M. tubifex (127839) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Japan | M. sp. (81581) | |
| Pleistocene | Indonesia | M. elephantotus (104657) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | M. elephantotus (80963) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Egypt (Sinai) | M. sp. (109224) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | M. elephantotus (84621) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | M. sp. (166503) |