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Dendropora

Anthozoa - Favositida

Taxonomy
Dendropora was named by Michelin (1846). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Favositida by Fernández et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Dendropora Michelin
2006Dendropora Fernández et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
genusDendroporaMichelin 1846

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.

G. †Dendropora Michelin 1846
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Dendropora briceae Mistiaen 1991
Dendropora explicita Michelin 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Silurian to the top of the Wordian or 443.10000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) D. sp. (229255)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Tajikistan D. macropora (45790)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Castilla-Léon) D. sp. (77390)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) D. briceae (127103)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) D. briceae (127104)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Afghanistan (Ghazni) D. sp. (74993 75097)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France D. sp. (38683)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Afghanistan (Vardak) D. sp. (127105)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Afghanistan (Ghazni) D. sp. (75117 84671 84704)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) D. explicita (127102)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) D. sp. (41975)