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Fistulipora gigantea

Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae

Taxonomy
Fistulipora gigantea was named by Crockford (1944). Its type specimen is UWA 22127 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wandagee Hill, 300 yards E of SE Gully, Mungadan Paddock, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Fistulipora gigantea Crockford p. 147 fig. 11,12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCystoporataAstrova 1964
suborderFistuliporina(Astrova 1964)
familyFistuliporidaeUlrich 1882
genusFistuliporaMcCoy 1850
speciesgigantea

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.

Fistulipora gigantea Crockford 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:04:56
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:04:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) Fistulipora gigantea (type locality: 90231)