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Neomultithecopora mccutcheonae

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Multithecoporidae

Taxonomy
Syringopora mccutcheonae was named by Wilson and Langenheim (1962). Its type specimen is UCMP 34667 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP B-6193, Water Canyon, which is in an Asselian shallow subtidal limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Neomultithecopora mccutcheonae by Wilson and Langenheim (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Syringopora mccutcheonae Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. p. 51 figs. Pl 89, figs 11-13
1982Syringopora mccutcheonae Wilson p. 83 figs. 48a-b
1991Syringopora mccutcheonae Wilson p. 736 fig. 7.1,7.2
1993Neomultithecopora mccutcheonae Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. p. 942 fig. 6.2,6.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familyMultithecoporidaeSokolov 1950
genusNeomultithecoporaLin 1963
speciesmccutcheonae()

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.

Neomultithecopora mccutcheonae Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Nevada) Syringopora mccutcheonae (61681 type locality: 120689 120690 120692 120703)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (California) Syringopora mccutcheonae (62683)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Neomultithecopora mccutcheonae (61731)