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Amphipora

Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Amphipora Schulz
1961Vicinustachyodes Yavorsky
1999Amphipora Stearn et al.
2002Amphipora Sepkoski
2005Vicinustachyodes Bardashev et al.
2015Amphipora Stearn p. 824

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderAmphiporidaRukhin 1938
familyAmphiporidaeRukhin 1938
genusAmphiporaSchulz 1883

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. †Amphipora Schulz 1883
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Amphipora amplusa Wang and Huang 1985
Amphipora aperta Khromykh 1971
Amphipora moravica Zukalova 1971
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841
Amphipora rhapida Wang and Huang 1985
Amphipora vacuite Wang and Huang 1985
Invalid names: Vicinustachyodes Yavorsky 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2008-03-03 02:46:17
Modified: 2008-03-03 10:46:17
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 432.90000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (279 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) A. sp. (108317 108327)
Silurian - Devonian443.1 - 358.86USA (Alaska) A. sp. (108328)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) A. sp. (79468)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Xinjiang) A. sp. (27766)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) A. sp. (79359)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) A. sp. (6706)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Tajikistan A. socialis (78972)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine A. sokolovi (23359)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Tajikistan Vicinustachyodes riabinini (169307)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Tajikistan A. socialis (45839)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86Czechia (Moravia) A. moravica (39169 39341) A. sp., A. moravica (39168) A. tschussovensis, A. moravica (39336)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Alaska) A. sp. (100981 101013)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium A. sp. (23245)
Middle Frasnian (interglacial)379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) A. sp. (158156)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) A. sp. (76631)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) A. sp. (84366)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Czechia A. rudis, A. laxeperforata, A. moravica (83236)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (Idaho) A. sp. (45302)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) A. perforata (84376)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Czechia (Moravia) A. moravica (3384 3385 3386 3387 3388 3389 3391)