Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Alternative combination: Chaetetes tasmaniensis
Synonym: Stenopora johnstoni Etheridge 1891
Full reference: W. Lonsdale. 1844. Description of six species of corals from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Diemen's Land. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle 161-169
Belongs to Stenopora according to C. M. Reid 2003
See also Crockford 1945, Dana 1849, Laseron 1910, Lonsdale 1844 and Wass 1968
Sister taxa: Stenopora aequalis, Stenopora angulata, Stenopora armata, Stenopora armatiformis, Stenopora berriedalensis, Stenopora borsiensis, Stenopora buragoi, Stenopora clara, Stenopora crinita, Stenopora daheshenensis, Stenopora derilangmaensis, Stenopora dickinsi, Stenopora etheridgei, Stenopora fisheri, Stenopora frondescens, Stenopora gracilis, Stenopora grandis, Stenopora granulosa, Stenopora guangdongensis, Stenopora hemispherica, Stenopora hirsuta, Stenopora inclinis, Stenopora inflata, Stenopora jalaidensis, Stenopora jungersenensis, Stenopora kashmirensis, Stenopora lyndoni, Stenopora mackrothi, Stenopora nicholsoni, Stenopora nigris, Stenopora normalis, Stenopora obesa, Stenopora ovata, Stenopora parallela, Stenopora parvaexozona, Stenopora permiana, Stenopora punctata, Stenopora qaganqulutensis, Stenopora quasitimanensis, Stenopora richardsoni, Stenopora rugosa, Stenopora seriatensis, Stenopora simplex, Stenopora spicata, Stenopora spiculata, Stenopora spinigera, Stenopora thula, Stenopora thuliformis, Stenopora timanensis, Stenopora toriyamai, Stenopora tuberosasparsigemmata, Stenopora veriparallela, Stenopora yunzhugensis
Type specimens:
- Stenopora tasmaniensis: Its type locality is Southern Van Diemen's Land (Porter Hill shoreline), which is in a Sakmarian marine siltstone/limestone in the Bundella Formation of Australia
- Stenopora johnstoni: Its type locality is Porter's Hill, Sandy Bay, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Bundella Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (26 collections)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.