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Nyctopora

Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lyoporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Nyctopora Nicholson
1953Nyctopora Hill
1981Nyctopora Hill
1985Nyctopora Pandolfi p. 20
2002Nyctopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderLichenariida
familyLyoporidaeKiaer 1930
subfamilyLyoporinaeKiaer 1930
genusNyctoporaNicholson 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. †Nyctopora Nicholson 1879
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†Nyctopora multa Volkova et al. 1978
†Nyctopora mutabilis Flower 1961
†Nyctopora nondescripta Flower 1961
†Nyctopora vantuyli Bassler 1950
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 Sandbian to the top of the Llandovery or 458.20000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) N. vantuyli (172818)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) N. sp. (2703 2706 2708 2715 2716)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Russian Federation (Siberia) N. elandiensis, N. denticulate, N. nicholsoni (205386)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation N. billingsi, N. virgihiana (78800 78801)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) N. sp. (80005)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation (Yakutiya) N. nicholsoni (79551)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.2 - 449.0Australia (Tasmania) N. sp. (2685)
Sandbian - Katian458.2 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) N. nicholsoni (206485)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (XinJiang) N. sp. (20785)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) N. sp. (100128)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) N. sp. (26945)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (XinJiang) N. sp. (8579)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway N. parvotubulata (164400 164424)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) N. asratkanensis, N. altaica, N. sp. (205626) N. tchakyrensis, N. altaica (205627)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Russian Federation (Siberia) N. dietkensis, N. elandiensis (205662)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) N. sp. (2723)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) N. sp. (2647 2648 2701 2707 2752 2754)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Texas) N. mutabilis (80618)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) N. foerstei, N. mackenziei (13657)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) N. mackenziei (23009)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Texas) N. nondescripta (80617)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) N. sp. A (188770)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Nevada) N. sp. (78053)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) N. sp. (360)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) N. sp. (37469)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation N. sp. (78802)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (GanSu) N. sp. (8559)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) N. billingsi (79559 79560 79562) N. denticulata, N. sp. (79565) N. gungaensis (79437) N. multa (79500 79552) N. nicholsoni (79499 79501 79553 79563 79564) N. sp. (79435 79438)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (XinJiang) N. sp. (20790)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Chukotka) N. gunguensis (80675)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) N. sp. (79566)