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Microsolena ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4879565	https://www.gbif.org/species/4879565
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6610	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6610

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Microsolena

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Microsolenina	Morycowa and Roniewicz 1995
family	Microsolenidae	Koby 1890
genus	Microsolena	Lamouroux 1821

Scientific Name

Microsolena Lamouroux, 1821

Name Published In

Exp. Méth. Polyp.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Microsolena	genus	belongs to Microsolenidae	stated with evidence	Roniewicz, 1976
Microsolena	genus	belongs to Microsolenidae	stated without evidence	Errenst, 1991
Microsolena	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

235 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Microsolenidae)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Microsolenidae)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scleractinia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Agaricia ramosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora tuberosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	161 Ma Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena agariciformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		83	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena amorpha ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena arishensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena besairiei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microsolena caesaris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Microsolena cavernosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Microsolena corticata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microsolena crassisepta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena delicatula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microsolena exigua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	176 Ma Early Jurassic	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena fascicularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microsolena foliosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	161 Ma Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Microsolena formosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena fromenteli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena gresslyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microsolena guttata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	145 Ma Late Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena hassimguitaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena hemispherica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena interjecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microsolena irregularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microsolena japonica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena julii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Microsolena kobyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microsolena kugleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microsolena loginovae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Microsolena major ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		50	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microsolena mosensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena multisepta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena ornata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Microsolena parva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microsolena piriformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena plana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Microsolena porosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena portlandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microsolena ramosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Microsolena regularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena sadeki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena simondsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microsolena sinuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Microsolena stellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Microsolena subexcavata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena subturbinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Microsolena texana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena thurmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena verdati ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Microsolena williamsonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microsolena yabei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Microsolena zangbeiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Polyphylloseris corticata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polyphylloseris fascicularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thamnaraea amorpha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thamnastraea major species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1821	Microsolena Lamouroux
1976	Microsolena Roniewicz
1991	Microsolena Errenst
2002	Microsolena Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Roniewicz E. (1976) Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie, Palaeontologia Polonica 34, 17-121

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Exp. Méth. Polyp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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