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Ascopora grandis

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae

Taxonomy
Ascopora grandis was named by Kruchinina (1973). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 65/916 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sula River, Sakmarian, Northern Timan Mountains, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Ascoporella grandis by Morozova and Kruchinina (1986), Nakrem (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Ascopora grandis Kruchinina p. 95 figs. Pl 28, fig 1
1986Ascoporella grandis Morozova and Kruchinina p. 65 figs. Pl 22, fig 1
1994Ascoporella grandis Nakrem p. 78 figs. 13E-H
2009Ascopora grandis Nakrem et al. p. 688 figs. 8C-E, J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderRhabdomesidaVine 1883
familyRhabdomesidaeVine 1883
genusAscopora
speciesgrandis

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.

Ascopora grandis Kruchinina 1973
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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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Svalbard and Jan Mayen Ascoporella grandis (115477)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Ascopora grandis (115258)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Ascopora grandis (type locality: 110108 113460 113530)