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Mastopora compacta

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae

Taxonomy
Aulopora compacta was named by Tchernychev (1941).

It was recombined as Mastopora compacta by Klaamann (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Mastopora compacta Klaamann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAuloporidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusMastoporaSokolov 1952
speciescompacta(Tchernychev 1941)

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.

Mastopora compacta Tchernychev 1941
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Middle Givetian or 393.47000 to 383.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany Aulopora compacta (25364)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany Aulopora compacta (25369)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4China Aulopora compacta (212695)