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Sinopora ryozensanensis

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae

Taxonomy
Sinopora ryozensanensis was named by Niko (2001). Its type specimen is NSM PA 14641 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gongen-dani Valley, SR-1, Mount Ryozen-san, Shiga Prefecture, which is in a Sakmarian reef, buildup or bioherm wackestone/packstone in the Ryozensan Formation of Japan.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-09-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Sinopora ryozensanensis Niko p. 20 figs. 3.3, 4.1-4.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAulocystidaeSokolov 1950
genusSinoporaYabe and Sugiyama 1941
speciesryozensanensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hill 1981, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Sinopora ryozensanensis (type locality: 61138)