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Aulopora

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Aulopora Goldfuss
1966Aulopora Klaamann
1985Aulopora Murray p. 36
2002Aulopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAuloporidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusAuloporaGoldfuss 1829

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. †Aulopora Goldfuss 1829
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Aulopora amica Klaamann 1962
Aulopora assueta Klaamann 1966
Aulopora celsa Klaamann 1966
Aulopora enodis Klaamann 1966
Aulopora gerthi Montanaro Gallitelli 1954
Aulopora necopina Klaamann 1966
Aulopora repens Knorr and Walch 1775
Aulopora serpens Goldfuss 1829
Aulopora timorica Gerth 1922
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Capitanian or 457.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (279 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (2750)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) A. sp. (45282)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) A. trentonensis (5347)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) A. wilsonae (55999)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) A. trentonensis (5351)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (2648 2699 2700 2731 2751 2753 2754)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (2661)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Kentucky) A. precius, A. pygmaea (5676)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Australia (Victoria) A. emergens (10191)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Alaska) A. sp. (111811)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Canada (Nunavut) A. sp. (102053)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) A. sp. (39158)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation A. sp. (63384)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Indonesia A. timorica (39614)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia A. timorica (39608)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51USA (Texas) A. sp. (108835)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy A. gerthi (113433)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran A. sp. (118134 118135)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Indonesia A. sumatrensis (75571)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran A. sp. (118227)