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Stenopora spiculata

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Taxonomy
Stenopora spiculata was named by Crockford (1945). Its type specimen is Sydney Univ 5422 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eelah Road, Middlehope Parish, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Allandale Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Stenopora spiculata Crockford p. 13 fig. 1,2
2003Stenopora spiculata Reid p. 117 fig. 49

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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
speciesspiculata

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 spiculata Crockford 1945
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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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Stenopora spiculata (116524)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) Stenopora spiculata (64359 type locality: 106680)