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Helioporacea

Anthozoa - Helioporacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Helioporacea Veron p. 404
2002Helioporacea Sepkoski
2021Helioporacea McFadden et al. p. 637

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderHelioporacea
orderHelioporacea

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.

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G. Epiphaxum Lonsdale 1850
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†Epiphaxum arbuscula Lozouet and Molodtsova 2008
†Epiphaxum auloporoides Lonsdale 1850
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†Heliopora bennetti Wells 1934
†Heliopora boettgeri Fritsch 1874
†Heliopora lusanovkaensis Kuzmicheva 1975
†Heliopora mexicanae Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
†Heliopora radiata Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Heliopora edwardsana Stoliczka 1873 [synonym]
†Heliopora sparsipora Felix 1921
†Heliopora stewarti Budd et al. 1992
Fm. †Helioporidae Moseley 1876
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G. †Acropsammia Gerth 1933
G. †Parapolytremacis Alloiteau 1957
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†Parapolytremacis alloiteaui Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
G. †Progonopora Gerth 1933
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†Progonopora variabilis Gerth 1933
G. †Pseudopolytremacis Morycowa 1971
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Invalid names: Proheliopora [synonym]
G. †Kaluginella Kuzmicheva 1980
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†Kaluginella turkmenensis Kuzmicheva 1980
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†Polytremacis blainvillei Michelin 1841
†Polytremacis partschi Reuss 1854
†Polytremacis tenera Trauth 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-11 07:06:57
Modified: 2007-10-11 09:06:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Holocene or 157.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (159 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Valanginian157.9 - 132.6China (Xizang) Polytremacis sp. (61414)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Polytremacis edwardsana (67122) Polytremacis sp. (64118)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Ukraine Polytremacis sp. (67457)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico (Puebla) Polytremacis tehuacanensis (89865)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Turkmenistan Pseudopolytremacis urgonensis (91688)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Pseudopolytremacis japonica (65198 65199 65200)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Polytremacis edwardsana (74794 74798)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (68728)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Polytremacis sp. (50512) Polytremacis urgonensis (50421)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata, Polytremacis tenera (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Pseudopolytremacis hanagensis (34719)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Polytremacis urgonensis (76998)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Heliopora sp. (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Uzbekistan Proheliopora kysylkumensis (85420)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) Heliopora japonica (91282 91322 91323 91324 91325 91327 91328)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain Pseudopolytremacis japonica (82689 82690)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Arizona) Polytremacis sp. (24042)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Epiphaxum labyrinthicum (74763) Polytremacis hancockensis (74765) Polytremacis urgonensis (84749)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Uzbekistan Heliopora kysylkumensis (78698)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (74811)