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Amphiporidae

Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae

Taxonomy
Amphiporidae was named by Rukhin (1938). Its type is Amphipora.

It was assigned to Amphiporida by Stearn et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Amphiporidae Rukhin
1999Amphiporidae Stearn et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderAmphiporidaRukhin 1938
familyAmphiporidaeRukhin 1938
familyAmphiporidaeRukhin 1938

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Amphiporidae Rukhin 1938
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G. †Amphipora Schulz 1883
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Amphipora amplusa Wang and Huang 1985
Amphipora aperta Khromykh 1971
Amphipora moravica Zukalova 1971
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841
Amphipora rhapida Wang and Huang 1985
Amphipora vacuite Wang and Huang 1985
Invalid names: Vicinustachyodes Yavorsky 1961 [synonym]
G. †Clathrodictyella Bogoyavlenskaya 1965
G. †Euryamphipora Klovan 1966
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Euryamphipora mollis Fischbuch 1970
G. †Novitella Bogoyavlenskaya 1984
G. †Paramphipora Yavorsky 1955
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Paramphipora agreste Khromykh 1971
Paramphipora fruticosa Khromykh 1971
G. †Stellopora Bogoyavlenskaya 1972
G. †Vacuustroma Hung and Mistiaen 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Comments: mineralgoy based on fibrous microstructuref
Created: 2008-03-03 02:46:17
Modified: 2008-03-03 04:46:17
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 430.60000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (307 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) Amphipora sp. (108317 108327)
Silurian - Devonian443.1 - 358.86USA (Alaska) Amphipora sp. (108328)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation Stellopora simples (60245)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Amphipora sp. (79468)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation Amphiporidae indet. (24744)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Xinjiang) Amphipora sp. (27766)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Russian Federation Clathrodictyella sp. (23500)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation Clathrodictyella crassa, Clathrodictyella contorta, Clathrodictyella turkestanica (23749) Clathrodictyella turkestanica, Clathrodictyella crassa, Clathrodictyella issensis, Clathrodictyella magna, Clathrodictyella contorta, Stellopora vasta (23710) Stellopora simplex (23709)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) Amphipora sp. (79359)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Amphipora sp. (6706)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Middle Frasnian (interglacial)379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) Amphipora sp., Euryamphipora sp. (158156)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium Amphipora sp. (23245)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) Amphipora sp. (76631)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Czechia Amphipora rudis, Amphipora laxeperforata, Amphipora moravica (83236)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Paramphipora devonica, Paramphipora maculosa, Paramphipora perforata (84378)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (Idaho) Amphipora sp. (45302)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) Amphipora sp. (84366)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15China (Guangxi) Paramphipora sp. (191830)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Amphipora perforata (84376)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Czechia (Moravia) Amphipora moravica (3384 3388 3389) Paramphipora tschussovensis (3390) Paramphipora tschussovensis, Amphipora moravica (3385 3386 3387 3391)