Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Alternative spelling: Michelinia (Protomichelinia)
Parent taxon: Micheliniidae according to Y. Ezaki 1991
See also Hill 1981, Oekentorp and Schröder 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Granulidictyinae, Micheliniinae, Michelinopora, Praemichelinia, Turnacipora
Subtaxa: Michelinia (Protomichelinia) wopfneri Protomichelinia abnormis Protomichelinia brevispinosa Protomichelinia camara Protomichelinia crassabnormis Protomichelinia dafangensis Protomichelinia denticulata Protomichelinia favositoides Protomichelinia gangiliigera Protomichelinia grandispinosa Protomichelinia guangdeensis Protomichelinia guichiensis Protomichelinia guizhouensis Protomichelinia hanshanensis Protomichelinia irregularis Protomichelinia laosensis Protomichelinia lepingensis Protomichelinia longyinensis Protomichelinia microstoma Protomichelinia multisepta Protomichelinia multitabulata Protomichelinia panxianensis Protomichelinia siyangensis Protomichelinia submicrostoma Protomichelinia variabilis Protomichelinia wuguishanensis Protomichelinia xinchengensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Cambodia (1), China (43), Iran (16), Iraq (2), Japan (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Carboniferous of Turkey (1)
Total: 67 collections including 78 occurrences
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