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Ceriopora laxa

Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Cerioporidae

Taxonomy
Ceriopora laxa was named by Etheridge (1872). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gympie (Daintree coll), which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ceriopora laxa Etheridge p. 332 figs. Pl 25, figs 2, 2a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderTubuliporata
suborderCerioporinavon Hagenow 1851
familyCerioporidaeBusk 1859
genusCerioporaGoldfuss 1826
specieslaxa

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.

Ceriopora laxa Etheridge 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:05:29
Modified: 2007-09-18 04:05:29
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Ceriopora laxa (type locality: 134036)