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Stenopora tasmaniensis

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Taxonomy
Stenopora tasmaniensis was named by Lonsdale (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Van Diemen's Land (Porter Hill shoreline), which is in a Sakmarian marine siltstone/limestone in the Bundella Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Chaetetes tasmaniensis by Dana (1849).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. decimana, S. orientalis, S. princeps, S. steinmanni

Synonyms
  • Stenopora johnstoni was named by Etheridge (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Porter's Hill, Sandy Bay, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Bundella Formation of Australia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Stenopora tasmaniensis by Reid (2003).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Stenopora tasmaniensis Lonsdale p. 161
1849Chaetetes tasmaniensis Dana p. 711 figs. Pl 11, fig 7, 8
1891Stenopora johnstoni Etheridge
1910Stenopora tasmaniensis Laseron p. 198
1945Stenopora johnstoni Crockford p. 20 fig. 24,25
1968Stenopora tasmaniensis Wass p. 23 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4; pl 3, figs 1-3; pl 4, figs 1,2
2003Stenopora tasmaniensis Reid p. 117 fig. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyStenoporidae
subfamilyStenoporinae
genusStenopora
speciestasmaniensis

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.

†Stenopora tasmaniensis Lonsdale 1844
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Invalid names: Stenopora johnstoni Etheridge 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Lonsdale 1844Branched, branches cylindrical, variously inclined or contorted; tubes more or less divergent; mouths oval, divisional ridges strongly tuberculated; indications of successive narrowing in each tube, 1-2.
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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wordian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Australia (Tasmania) Stenopora tasmaniensis (82131)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Stenopora tasmaniensis (120456)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) Chaetetes tasmaniensis (119250) Stenopora johnstoni (90390 106680 106880)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Stenopora johnstoni (95746 106887) Stenopora tasmaniensis (87343 105489 116510 116524 116527 116528 116530 116570 116586 116587 116588 type locality: 120459)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Queensland) Stenopora tasmaniensis (66210)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Tasmania) Stenopora tasmaniensis (106886)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Stenopora tasmaniensis (161842)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) Stenopora tasmaniensis (113859 120321)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Stenopora tasmaniensis (133343)