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Protomichelinia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Tabulata
    Order:  
Favositida
    Suborder:  
Favositina
    Superfamily:  
Favositicae
    Family:  
Micheliniidae
    Subfamily:  
Micheliniinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Protomichelinia Yabe & HAYASAKA, 1915, p. 61, as subgenus of Michelinia DE KONINCK
    Type Species:  
Michelinia (P.) microstoma; SD LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 107; t6272, TohU, Sendai


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Fossil Image
Fig. 377, 1a,b. P. multitabulata (Yabe & Hayasaka), ?Perm., Japan, Yatsuse near Kesen-numa, a,b, transv., long. secs., X4 (Hill, n, UQF15372). --Fig. 377,1c,d. *P. microstoma, syntype, Perm., China, Mei-tse-kou, prov. Hupei, c,d, transv., long. secs., X3 (Yabe & Hayasaka, 1920)


Synonyms

Michelinia


Geographic Distribution

Asia(Japan), Perm., Asia(China-Japan-Iran-Armen.SSR)-Eu.(Spits.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Carb.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
359.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Carb.
    Ending International Stage:  
Serpukhovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
323.4


Description

Corallum cerioid, corallites long, prismatic or subcylindrical, walls thin, with median suture, mural pores large, septal ridges low, may have spinose axial edges, tabulae numerous, low convex, commonly complete




References

Wu Wang-shih, , \& Eguchi, Motoki, , \& Hayasaka, Ichiro, 1915, Paleozoic corals from Japan, Korea and China: Geol. Soc. Tokyo, J., v. 22, p. 55-70, 79-92, 93-109, 127-142.


Museum or Author Information

Yabe & Hayasaka, 1920