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Diploepora

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proporidae

Taxonomy
Diploepora was named by Quenstedt (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-l S Ludl-l]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Diploepora Quenstedt
1981Diploepora Hill
2002Diploepora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyProporidaeSokolov 1949
genusDiploeporaQuenstedt 1879

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. †Diploepora Quenstedt 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:54:32
Modified: 2010-02-09 05:44:22
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Gorstian or 458.20000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) D. sp. (8533)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (XinJiang) D. sp. (20785)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) D. sp. (2686)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) D. grayi (13592 13597)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Mongolia D. grayi (79640)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) D. grayi (13602)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) D. grayi (13603)