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Hillaepora

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Hillaepora was named by Mironova (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Fras-m]. 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
1960Hillaepora Mironova
1981Hillaepora Hill
2002Hillaepora 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
genusHillaeporaMironova 1960

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. †Hillaepora Mironova 1960
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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 Ludlow to the top of the Frasnian or 426.70000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Japan H. gionensis (61207 61208)
Gedinnine419.62 - 413.02Mongolia H. sp. (79686)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia H. sp. (84368)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland H. circulipora (83034)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Japan H. sp. (158155)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany H. spicata (36682 36683 36684)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland H. circulipora (83078)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Poland H. circulipora (82610)