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Acaciapora

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Acaciapora was named by Moore and Jeffords (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise C Bash]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pachyporidae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Acaciapora Moore and Jeffords
1981Acaciapora Hill
2002Acaciapora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyPachyporoidea(Gerth 1921)
familyPachyporidaeGerth 1921
genusAcaciaporaMoore and Jeffords 1945

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. †Acaciapora Moore and Jeffords 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Visean to the top of the Kungurian or 346.70000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) A. jelli (40009 40010)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Nevada) A. duncanae (62208 62227 62240)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) A. sp. (41512 41515)