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Plasmopora

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Plasmoporidae

Taxonomy
Plasmopora was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plasmoporidae by Murray (1985); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Plasmopora Milne-Edwards and Haime
1985Plasmopora Murray p. 35
2002Plasmopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyPlasmoporidaeSardeson 1896
genusPlasmoporaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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. †Plasmopora Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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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 Turinian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 457.30000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) P. lambii (185478 185480)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) P. lambii (185265 185268)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) P. lambei, P. pattersoni (24116)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) P. lambi (185487)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) P. lambei (13656 13657) P. lambei, P. pattersoni (13654 13655)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) P. lambei (14120 23009)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) P. lambei (101984)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Sweden P. conferta (159341)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (California) P. follis (79808 229638)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (New Brunswick) P. logani, P. corrugata (914)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (New Brunswick) P. logani (909 910 913) P. logani, P. corrugata (912)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Quebec) P. corrugata (1136) P. logani (915 1134 1135)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) P. gippslandica (10187 10192)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) P. elegans, P. follis (5676)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China P. sp. (61428)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9China (Yunnan) P. sp. (27837)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) P. petaliformis (184842)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China P. sp. (27773)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Tuva) P. sp. (78713)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden P. calyculata (77410)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) P. calyculata, P. scita (13591) P. foroensis, P. petalliformis (13598) P. petalliformis, P. scita (13669) P. rudis, P. sp. (13597)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Ukraine P. scita (23365 23458)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) P. scita (79881)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) P. sp. (25044)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) P. sp. (26700 26771 26789 26792)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (27777)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Tyva) P. nakamurai (78716)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7India P. sp. (36257 36261)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Quebec) P. petaliformis (71477)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (23057)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) P. scita (13599 13673)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) P. foroensis, P. sp. (13601)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) P. heliolitoides, P. rosa, P. rudis, P. suprema (13603)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) P. sp. (79734)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Ukraine P. scita (23372)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) P. scita (13620)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) P. follis (6706)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (25706 25707)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Australia (Victoria) P. gippslandica (10121 10127)