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Plasmoporellidae

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Plasmoporellidae

Taxonomy
Plasmoporellidae was named by Kovalevskiy (1964).

It was assigned to Proporicae by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Plasmoporellidae Kovalevskiy
1981Plasmoporellidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyPlasmoporellidaeKovalevskiy 1964
familyPlasmoporellidaeKovalevskiy 1964

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. †Plasmoporellidae Kovalevskiy 1964
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G. †Acdalopora Bondarenko 1958
G. †Camptolithus Lindström 1899
G. †Mcleodea Flower and Duncan 1975
G. †Neowormsipora Lin and Chow 1977
G. †Plasmoporella Kiaer 1899
G. †Proporella Leleshus 1975
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 Wildernessian to the top of the Wenlock or 457.30000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2718 2750)
Harnagian - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0China (Guizhou) Plasmoporella sp. (7335)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) Plasmoporella sp. (8533)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (Shaanxi) Neowormsipora taoqupoensis, Plasmoporella taoqupoensis (80679)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.2 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2719)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (XinJiang) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (20785)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (NingXia) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (20761)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1China (Guizhou) Plasmoporella intermedia, Plasmoporella guizhouensis, Plasmoporella huanghuachongensis (27781)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Plasmoporella lambei (26938)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Shaanxi) Neowormsipora sp., Plasmoporella sp. (8539)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Sichuan) Plasmoporella sp. (5338)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hunan and Hubei) Plasmoporella sp. (7714)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (XinJiang) Neowormsipora sp., Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (8579)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) Neowormsipora sp., Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (153816)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China Plasmoporella yanruiensis (193282)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan (Abai) Plasmoporella kasachstanica, Plasmoporella convexotabulata, Plasmoporella crassa (235976)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Plasmoporella subtilis, Plasmoporella maxima (221276)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan Plasmoporella papillatiformis (80656)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1China (Zhejiang ) Plasmoporella sp. (208785)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Plasmoporella vesiculosa (205662)
Eastonian - Marshbrookian452.3 - 454.0Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2720)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Plasmoporella sp. (2686)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2661 2723)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2699 2751)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Shaanxi) Plasmoporella sp. (8538)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (ZheJiang) Neowormsipora sp. (7777)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (ZheJiang) Acdalopora sp. (7767)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Qinghai) Plasmoporella arcatabulata (80682)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Zhejiang) Plasmoporella kasachstanica, Acdalopora briviana (80684) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (80686)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Jiangxi) Plasmoporella janruiensis (80683) Plasmoporella sp. (80138) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (80141)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Ningxia) Plasmoporella sp. (8544)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Plasmoporella sp. (79565)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Mongolia Plasmoporella convexotabulata (79639)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation Plasmoporella convexotabulata, Plasmoporella sp. (78802) Plasmoporella sp. (24294)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (XinJiang) Plasmoporella sp. (20784 20790 20807)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (JiangXi) Plasmoporella sp. (7760)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (GanSu) Plasmoporella sp. (8546)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (QingHai) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (8678)
Bolindian449.0 - 443.1Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (211251)
Hirnantian - Rhuddanian445.2 - 440.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Plasmoporella convexotabulata (205661)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Quebec) Camptolithus papillatus (1136)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Gansu) Plasmoporella sp. (27914)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7India Plasmoporella sp. (36257)