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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 427.40000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2718 2750)
Harnagian - Longvillian458.4 - 455.0China (Guizhou) Plasmoporella sp. (7335)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) Plasmoporella sp. (8533)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (Shaanxi) Neowormsipora taoqupoensis, Plasmoporella taoqupoensis (80679)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2719)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8China (Guizhou) Plasmoporella intermedia, Plasmoporella guizhouensis, Plasmoporella huanghuachongensis (27781)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (NingXia) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (20761)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (XinJiang) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (20785)
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 (XinJiang) Neowormsipora sp., Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (8579)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Sichuan) Plasmoporella sp. (5338)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hunan and Hubei) Plasmoporella sp. (7714)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) Neowormsipora sp., Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (153816)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China Plasmoporella yanruiensis (193282)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Plasmoporella subtilis, Plasmoporella maxima (221276)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan Plasmoporella papillatiformis (80656)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Plasmoporella vesiculosa (205662)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4China (Zhejiang ) Plasmoporella sp. (208785)
Eastonian - Marshbrookian452.7 - 454.0Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2720)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2699 2751)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Plasmoporella sp. (2686)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (2661 2723)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (ZheJiang) Neowormsipora sp. (7777)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Shaanxi) Plasmoporella sp. (8538)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (JiangXi) Plasmoporella sp. (7760)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (ZheJiang) Acdalopora sp. (7767)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Mongolia Plasmoporella convexotabulata (79639)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (GanSu) Plasmoporella sp. (8546)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Zhejiang) Plasmoporella kasachstanica, Plasmoporella convexotabulata, Acdalopora briviana (80684) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (80686)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Plasmoporella sp. (79565)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) Plasmoporella janruiensis, Plasmoporella convexotabulata (80683) Plasmoporella sp. (80138) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (80141)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation Plasmoporella convexotabulata, Plasmoporella sp. (78802) Plasmoporella sp. (24294)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (XinJiang) Plasmoporella sp. (20784 20790 20807)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Ningxia) Plasmoporella sp. (8544)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Qinghai) Plasmoporella arcatabulata, Plasmoporella convexotabulata (80682)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Nei Mongol) Plasmoporella convexotabulata (80687)
Bolindian449.5 - 443.7Australia (New South Wales) Plasmoporella sp. (211251)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (QingHai) Plasmoporella sp., Acdalopora sp. (8678)
Hirnantian - Rhuddanian445.2 - 440.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Plasmoporella convexotabulata (205661)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Canada (Quebec) Camptolithus papillatus (1136)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4India Plasmoporella sp. (36257)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4China (Gansu) Plasmoporella sp. (27914)