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  • Michelinia Coral


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    DPS Ammonite

    Taxonomy

    Tabulate Coral

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Cnidaria
    Class: Anthozoa
    Order: Favositida
    Family: Michelinidae
    Genus: Michelinia
    Species: Michelinia sp.
    Author Citation de Koninck 1841

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Carboniferous
    Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
    Epoch: Middle
    International Age: Moscovian

    Stratigraphy

    Naco Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Me
    Date Collected: 03/27/2020
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Width: 58 mm
    Height: 38 mm

    Location

    Whispering Pines
    Gila County
    Arizona
    United States

    Comments

    Michelinia is a less common, but widely distributed coral in the Pennsylvanian Naco Formation in north central Arizona. The coral lacks noticeable septa and has tabulae that are often convex upward. Dozens of silicified colonies ranging from less than 1 cm to 25 cm across were found in a several meter square area with several species of brachiopods, horn corals and crinoid stems.

     

    Mindat: https://www.mindat.org/taxon-3250564.html




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