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Macropora
Taxonomy
Macropora is a genus. It is extant.
It was assigned to Aspidostomatidae by Canu and Bassler (1935) and Bassler (1953); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macroporidae by Brown (1952), Brown (1958) and Schmidt (2003).
It was assigned to Aspidostomatidae by Canu and Bassler (1935) and Bassler (1953); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macroporidae by Brown (1952), Brown (1958) and Schmidt (2003).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Macropora Canu and Bassler |
| 1952 | Macropora Brown |
| 1953 | Macropora Bassler p. G174 |
| 1958 | Macropora Brown |
| 1997 | Macroporina Lee et al. |
| 2002 | Macropora Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Macroporina Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Macropora Schmidt |
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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. Macropora
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†Macropora clarkei Tenison-Woods 1877
†Macropora clarkei attenuata Canu and Bassler 1935
†Macropora crassatina Waters 1882
†Macropora cribrilifera Maplestone 1901
Macropora grandis Hutton 1873
Macropora grandis levinseni Brown 1952
†Macropora quadriseriata Canu and Bassler 1935
Invalid names: Macroporina [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | M. aquiae (84051) | |
| Priabonian | New Zealand (North Otago) | Macroporina waimatukuensis (172815 172816) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | M. sp. (173521 173526) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | M. clarkei (174147) M. quadriseriata (174142) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Australia (Victoria) | M. crassatina (173516) M. cribrilifera (173506) M. sp. (173502 173504 173518 173519 173524 173528) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | M. grandis (173830) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | M. crassatina, M. clarkei (166365) | |
| Pliocene | New Zealand | M. grandis (173737 173739 173740 173741) |