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Phaenopora

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae

Taxonomy

Phaenopora was named by Hall (1851). Its type is Phaenopora explanata.

It was assigned to Ptilodictyonidae by Bassler (1911); to Cryptostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptilodictyidae by Bassler (1953), Jiménez-Sánchez et al. (2010), Ernst and Nakrem (2012), Ma et al. (2015), Ernst et al. (2019).

Species

P. ensiformis, P. explanata (type species), P. multifida, P. similis

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. clintoni, P. constellata, P. erecta, P. limbataeformis, P. limbetaeformis, P. lindstromi, P. monticulata, P. ordinarius, P. plebeia, P. superba, P. symmetrica, P. symmetrisch, P. viluensis, P. wimami

Synonyms

Fimbriapora was named by Astrova (1965).

It was synonymized subjectively with Phaenopora by Ernst and Nakrem (2012).

It was assigned to Cryptostomata by Volkova et al. (1978).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Phaenopora Hall
1911	Phaenopora Bassler
1953	Phaenopora Bassler p. G137
1965	Fimbriapora Astrova
1978	Fimbriapora Volkova et al.
2002	Phaenopora Sepkoski
2010	Phaenopora Jiménez-Sánchez et al. pp. 704 - 705
2012	Phaenopora Ernst and Nakrem
2015	Phaenopora Ma et al. p. 927
2019	Phaenopora Ernst et al. p. 641

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Bryozoa	Ehrenberg 1831
class	Stenolaemata	Borg 1926
order	Cryptostomata	Vine 1884
suborder	Ptilodictyina
family	Ptilodictyidae	Zittel 1880
genus	Phaenopora	Hall 1851

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. †Phaenopora Hall 1851

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†Phaenopora ensiformis Hall 1852

†Phaenopora explanata Hall 1852

†Phaenopora multifida Hall 1883

†Phaenopora similis Nekhoroshev 1961

Invalid names: Fimbriapora Astrova 1965 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryc

Attached:

yesc

Life habit:

epifaunalp

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-09-18 02:11:14

Modified:

2010-02-15 07:19:29

Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Pridoli or 457.30000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (98 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sandbian	458.2 - 452.8	Norway	P. similis (144920)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Russian Federation (Siberia)	Fimbriapora sp. (9298 9307)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Russian Federation (Yakutiya)	Fimbriapora multifora (79490 79550)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	USA (Virginia)	P. sp. (34007 34028 34029 34030 34031 34032 34152 34153 34167 34168 34169)
Turinian	457.3 - 453.8	USA (Tennessee)	P. spp. (5347)
Ashbyan	457.3 - 449.6	USA (Virginia)	P. sp. (33995 33996 33997)
Haljala - Kukruse	456.8 - 456.8	Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk)	Fimbriapora gregaria (204709)
Haljala - Nabala	456.8 - 449.9	Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk)	Fimbriapora gregaria (204907)
Katian	452.8 - 445.2	Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk)	Fimbriapora gregaria (204793 204794)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	India	P. ordinarius (144018 144034 144035 144036 144037 144040) P. ordinarius, P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (144041)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	Russian Federation (Yakutiya)	P. monticulata, Fimbriapora multifora (79494)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	Mongolia	Fimbriapora firma, Fimbriapora plebeja (79596)
Hirnantian	445.2 - 443.1	Sweden	P. wimami, P. ensiformis (164285)
Rhuddanian	443.1 - 440.5	Canada (Ontario)	P. sp. (26776)
Alexandrian	443.1 - 438.1	Canada (Québec)	P. superba (24398 24400 24401 24404 24405 24448)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	Canada (Ontario)	P. sp. (444 446 508)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	Russian Federation (Siberia)	P. erecta, P. limbataeformis, P. plebeia, P. symmetrica (206317) P. erecta, P. limbetaeformis, P. plebeia, P. symmetrisch (206319) P. viluensis (206305)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	USA (New York)	P. sp. (443 445 449 450 451 452)
Aeronian	440.5 - 438.6	USA (New York)	P. clintoni, P. ensiformis (82527) P. constellata, P. explanata, P. ensiformis (81869 81893) P. ensiformis (81829 81831 81863 81896 82525 82540 82543 82544 82547 82548 82549) P. explanata, P. ensiformis (81827 81833 81865 81868 81903 82532 82542) P. multifida (202121)
Aeronian - Telychian	440.5 - 432.9	USA (New York)	P. ensiformis (81872 81899 81900 81901 82570) P. explanata, P. ensiformis (81826)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	China (Sichuan)	P. sp. (27742)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	Sweden	P. lindstromi (77409)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	USA (New York)	P. constellata (81911) P. constellata, P. ensiformis (81915) P. constellata, P. explanata, P. ensiformis (82518 82568) P. ensiformis (82504 82506 82516 82569) P. explanata, P. ensiformis (82546)
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	USA (Indiana)	P. ensiformis (26805)
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	Sweden (Gotland)	P. lindstromi (13591 13592 13594)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	USA (New York)	P. sp. (541)
Pridoli	422.7 - 419.62	China (Jilin)	P. sp. (27749)