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Amplexopora

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Amplexopora Bassler p. G108
2002Amplexopora Sepkoski
2017Amplexopora Ernst et al. p. 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyAmplexoporidaeMiller 1889
genusAmplexopora

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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†Amplexopora gigantea Termier and Termier 1971
†Amplexopora tezakensis Termier and Termier 1971
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, Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Llanvirn to the top of the Roadian or 468.00000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (92 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1USA (New York) A. sp. (332)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) A. sp. (333 334 335 430)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina A. sp. (8748)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5France A. dalpiazzi (143880)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Wisconsin) A. minnesotensis (55651)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Alabama) A. sp. (80602)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) A. columbiana (5373) A. sp. (80105 80106 80107 80108)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.2 - 449.0Australia (Tasmania) A. sp. (2685)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Virginia) A. sp. (344)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Maryland) A. sp. (407)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) A. spp. (5347)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) A. minnesotensis (104583 104584 104586 104587 104590 104591 104594 104595 104598 104602 104605 104625)
Franklinian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) A. cylindracea (5370 5371)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) A. minnesotensis (23386)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa) A. winchelli (23305)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois) A. winchelli (23304)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois) A. winchelli (23309 23311 23314 23377 23378) A. winchelli, A. minnesotensis (23312)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) A. minnesotensis (23381 23382)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) A. minnesotensis (76092) A. winchelli, A. minnesotensis (23384 23385)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) A. convoluta (5351) A. cylindracea (5368)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) A. arctica (26949 26950 26951 26953)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) A. minnesotensis (337 432 76089 76090 76091) A. sp. (433)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) A. minor, A. winchelli (34547) A. persimilis (34563) A. sp., A. winchelli (34561) A. winchelli (34550 99335)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) A. sp. (2686)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) A. sp. (383 384 385 386)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) A. arctica (26943)
Edenian - Caradoc451.0 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) A. petasiformis (5372)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) A. ampla, A. columbiana, A. filiasa (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) A. sp. (387 388 192315)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.1USA (Ohio) A. sp. (389 390)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2France A. dalpiazzi, A. sp., A. robusta (143879)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) A. discoidea (6913)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) A. pustulosa, A. robusta (5326) A. sp. (236983)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) A. sp. (392 393)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) A. similis (206560)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Norway A. crassa (14300) A. sp. (14266 14312)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation A. sp. (24777)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Norway A. crassiparietum (226669 226671) A. evae (226670)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (23057)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Afghanistan A. tezakensis (119241)