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Cladopora

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Synonyms
  • Taxopora was named by Sokolov (1961).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cladopora by Hill (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Cladopora Hall
1961Taxopora Sokolov
1964Cladopora Klaamann
1981Cladopora Hill
2002Cladopora 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
genusCladoporaHall 1851

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. †Cladopora Hall 1851
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†Cladopora bifurcata Grabau 1909
†Cladopora corrigia Talent 1963
†Cladopora fisheri Billings 1860
†Cladopora labiosa Billings 1859
†Cladopora lemaitreae Talent 1963
†Cladopora magna Hall and Whitfield 1873
†Cladopora perrara Klaamann 1964
†Cladopora prolifica Hall and Whitfield 1873
†Cladopora pulchra Rominger 1876
†Cladopora roemeri Billings 1860
†Cladopora seriata Hall 1851
†Cladopora spinulata Girty 1909
†Cladopora surculus Talent 1963
†Cladopora tubulata Girty 1909
†Cladopora turgida Rominger 1876
Invalid names: Taxopora Sokolov 1961 [synonym]
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 Aeronian to the top of the Capitanian or 440.50000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (255 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Taxopora xenia (206541 206542)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) C. sp. (459)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) C. sp. (225955 225956 225957 229251 229252 229254 229259 229260) C. sp., C. labiosa (229253) C. sp., C. labiosa, C. fisheri (229255) C. sp., C. roemeri, C. labiosa (229257) C. sp., C. roemeri, C. magna, C. prolifica (230235) C. sp., C. roemeri, C. turgida (229258)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) C. sp. (111788 111797 111806)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (25723)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) C. aculeata, C. ordinata, C. menis, C. reticulata (5676)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China C. sp. (164269)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9China C. sp. (164287 164288)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Tuva) C. sp. (78713)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Taxopora xenia (206347)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) C. gracilis, C. vermicularis (84340)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Vietnam C. vermicularis, C. polonica (83345)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Alaska) C. sp. (40665)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) C. vermicularis (84378)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) C. sp. (84366)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) C. spinulata (108828 108862)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) C. spinulata, C. tubulata (108835) C. tubulata (108896)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) C. spinulata (108821)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) C. spinata (24203)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) C. spinulata (108801 108804 108859 108861)