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Aulacera

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Aulaceratidae

Taxonomy
Aulacera was named by Plummer (1843). Its type is Aulacera plummeri.

It was assigned to Beatricidae by Raymond (1931); to Aulaceridae by Bolton (1988); to Aulaceratidae by Stearn et al. (1999); and to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Aulacera Plummer
1857Beatricea Billings
1931Beatricea Raymond p. 177
1931Aulacera Raymond p. 184
1970Beatricea Andrews
1988Aulacera Bolton
1999Aulacera Stearn et al.
2002Aulacera Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderLabechiidaKühn 1927
familyAulaceratidaeKühn 1927
genusAulaceraPlummer 1843

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. †Aulacera Plummer 1843
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Aulacera cylindrica Foerste 1909
Aulacera nodulifera Foerste 1909
Aulacera nodulosa Billings 1857
Aulacera plummeri Galloway and St Jean 1957
Aulacera radiata Galloway and St Jean 1961
Aulacera undulata Billings 1857
Invalid names: Beatricea Billings 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2008-02-26 08:16:02
Modified: 2008-02-26 10:16:02
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Gorstian or 450.20000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) A. sp. (25508)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. tenuipunctata (206334)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) A. sp. (2686)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Québec) A. undulata, A. nodulosa, A. cylindrica (27239) Beatricea nodulifera, A. radiata, Beatricea nodulosa (27238)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Beatricea nodulosa (23006) Beatricea sp. (34813)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Beatricea nodulifera, Beatricea intermedia, Beatricea nodulosa (27128)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Beatricea nodulosa (5326) Beatricea sp. (395)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Beatricea nodulifera (27193)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Beatricea nodulifera (26317)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) A. cylindrica (179674 179675 179676 179677 179678 179679 179680) A. plummeri, A. cylindrica (37833) A. sp. (207421)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Beatricea sp. (392 393 394)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) A. undulata (23018) Beatricea clarki, A. undulata (23031) Beatricea clarki, A. undulata, Beatricea nodulosa (23037) Beatricea nodulosa (23026)
Richmondian - Llandovery449.6 - 433.4Canada (Québec) A. sp. (24334 24348 24352 24353 24355 24369 24375 24376 24377 24378)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Michigan) Beatricea nodulifera, Beatricea sp. (26331)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) A. sp. (80138)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) A. sp. (24379 24449 24450 24451) A. undulata (24380 24452)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Kentucky) A. intermedia, A. plummeri, A. nodulifera, A. cylindrica (24034)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Beatricea regularis (27130)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) A. sp. (24446) A. spp. (24347 24374 24386) A. undulata (24338 24370) A. undulata, A. nodulifera, A. radiata (27240)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) A. nodulosa (80603)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Quebec) A. sp. (194181)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Québec) A. sp. (24336 24444)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Russian Federation A. amplexum (60286)