Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Meekopora magnusi

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Taxonomy
Meekopora magnusi was named by Nakrem (1994). Its type specimen is PMO A42156/1-3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kapp Wærn KWAE-1-2.0 m, which is in an Artinskian offshore limestone in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. clausa, M. eximia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Meekopora magnusi Nakrem p. 16 figs. Pl 3, figs A-E

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderCystoporida(Astrova 1964)
suborderHexagonellinaMorozova 1970
familyHexagonellidaeCrockford 1947
genusMeekopora
speciesmagnusi

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.

†Meekopora magnusi Nakrem 1994
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Meekopora magnusi (90177 90178 90181 type locality: 115606 115608)