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Protoretepora ampla

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Fenestella ampla 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 Protoretepora ampla by Reed (1932), Crockford (1944), Wass (1967) and Wass (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. hayasakae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Fenestella ampla Lonsdale p. 163
1932Protoretepora ampla Reed p. 12
1944Protoretepora ampla Crockford p. 160
1967Protoretepora ampla Wass p. 168
1968Protoretepora ampla Wass p. 55 figs. Pl 13, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyAcanthocladiidaeZittel 1880
genusProtoretepora
speciesampla()

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.

†Protoretepora ampla Lonsdale 1844
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Lonsdale 1844Cup-shaped; celluliferous surface internal; branches dichotimous, broad, flat, thin; meshes oval; rows of cells numerous, rarely limited to two, alternate; transverse connecting processes sometimes cellular; inner layer of non-cellular surface very fibrous; external layer very granular, non-fibrous; gemmuliferous vesicle ? small
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: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 323.20000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2India Protoretepora ampla (230341)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5India Protoretepora ampla (116800 116801)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Protoretepora ampla (120456)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Protoretepora ampla (86547)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Fenestella ampla (type locality: 120459)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Queensland) Protoretepora ampla (85875 101577)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Tasmania) Protoretepora ampla (120244)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Protoretepora ampla (95280)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Protoretepora ampla (106286 121970 121971 122051)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Northern Territory) Protoretepora ampla (83184)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Protoretepora ampla (106109 106135 122055)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Protoretepora ampla (120243)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Fenestella ampla (98110 133346 133347 133348)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17India Protoretepora ampla (46291)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Protoretepora ampla (230854)