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Lyropora

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Taxonomy

Lyropora is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Fenestellidae by Bassler (1953), Nakrem (1994); and to Fenestrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

L. erkosoides, L. serissima

Species lacking formal opinion data

L. devonica, L. ranosculum

Entered

by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonyms

Dictyoretmon is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lyropora by Bassler (1953).

It was assigned to Fenestrata by Sepkoski (2002).
Lyroporidra is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Lyropora by Bassler (1953).

It was assigned to Fenestrata by Sepkoski (2002).
Lyroporella was named by Simpson (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 424,509].

It was synonymized subjectively with Lyropora by McKinney (1994).

It was assigned to Fenestellidae by Bassler (1953); and to Fenestrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1895	Lyroporella Simpson pp. 701, 724
1953	Lyropora Bassler p. G124
1953	Lyroporella Bassler p. G124
1994	Lyropora Nakrem p. 33
2002	Dictyoretmon Sepkoski
2002	Lyropora Sepkoski
2002	Lyroporella Sepkoski
2002	Lyroporidra Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Bryozoa	Ehrenberg 1831
class	Stenolaemata	Borg 1926
order	Cryptostomata	Vine 1884
suborder	Fenestelloidea
suborder	Fenestellina	Astrova and Morozova 1956
family	Fenestellidae
genus	Lyropora

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.

G. †Lyropora

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†Lyropora erkosoides Etheridge Jr. 1926

†Lyropora serissima Nakrem 1994

Invalid names: Dictyoretmon [synonym], Lyroporella Simpson 1895 [synonym], Lyroporidra [objective synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryc

Attached:

yesc

Life habit:

epifaunalp

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2008-02-27 02:34:38

Modified:

2008-02-27 04:34:38

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Kungurian or 387.95000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	Spain	Lyropora indet. (27709)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Indiana)	L. devonica (66001)
Carboniferous	358.86 - 298.9	USA (Georgia)	L. ranosculum (164686)
Meramecian	342.9 - 335.4	Canada (Yukon)	L. sp. (569)
Brigantian	335.9 - 330.3	USA (Alabama)	L. sp. (6751 6754 6759 6764 6765 6780 6800 6823)
Pendleian	330.3 - 326.9	USA (Indiana)	Lyroporella divergens (6849 91021 91022)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Australia (Western Australia)	L. erkosoides (106709)
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	L. serissima (115602 115604 115605)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	Venezuela (Merida)	L. sp. (41515)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	Australia (Tasmania)	Lyroporella sp. (105425)