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Multithecopora dendroidea

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Multithecoporidae

Taxonomy
Monilopora dendroides was named by Yoh (1932). It is the type species of Sinopora.

It was recombined as Sinopora dendroides by Wu (1957), Jia et al. (1977), Yang (1978) and Tchi (1980); it was recombined as Sinopora dendroidea by Konishi (1960); it was recombined as Multithecopora dendroidea by Oekentorp and Kaever (1970) and Leleshus (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Monilopora dendroides Yoh
1936Monilopora dendroidea Douglas p. 26
1957Sinopora dendroides Wu p. 332 figs. Pl 2, figs 10,11
1960Sinopora dendroidea Konishi p. 325 fig. 1,2
1970Multithecopora dendroidea Oekentorp and Kaever p. 289 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,7; pl 3, figs 10,12; pl 4, figs 15-17; pl 5, figs 21-23
1977Sinopora dendroides Jia et al. p. 268 figs. Pl 107, fig 6
1978Sinopora dendroides Yang p. 219 figs. Pl 78, fig 5
1980Sinopora dendroides Tchi p. 182 figs. Pl 87, figs 7,8
1997Multithecopora dendroidea Leleshus p. 194 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familyMultithecoporidaeSokolov 1950
genusMultithecoporaYoh 1927
speciesdendroidea(Yoh 1932)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Guadalupian to the top of the Capitanian or 273.01000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Anhui) Sinopora dendroides (100204 100205 100206 100207 100788)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Nei Mongol) Sinopora dendroides (112649)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hubei) Sinopora dendroides (105454)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51Iran (Lorestan) Monilopora dendroidea (211720)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan (Helmand) Multithecopora dendroidea (82596)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan Multithecopora dendroidea (116057)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Nei Mongol) Sinopora dendroides (118978)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Tajikistan Multithecopora dendroidea (111237 111238)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Oman Multithecopora dendroidea (24326)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Sinopora dendroidea (110459)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Shaanxi) Sinopora dendroides (120771)