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Gracilopora

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Gracilopora was named by Chudinova (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: D l D Fras-u]. 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
1964Gracilopora Chudinova
1981Gracilopora Hill
2002Gracilopora 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
genusGraciloporaChudinova 1964

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. †Gracilopora Chudinova 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Source: subc = subclass
References: Hill 1981, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 413.02000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) G. mala (81796) G. mitis (81793) G. mitis, G. mala (81750) G. sp. (81049)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) G. mitis, G. mala (81649)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam G. acuta (83248)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) G. mala (81790)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Spain (Castilla-León) G. pusilla (80630)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) G. sp. (3698)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) G. infirma (81802)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Mongolia G. clara (79716)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Russian Federation (Komi) G. vermicularis (84296)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Afghanistan (Vardak) G. sp. (75081 75082)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland G. vermicularis (83034)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland G. vermicularis (82667)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian382.31 - 375.2Poland G. vermicularis (82612)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland G. vermicularis (61840)