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Plasmoporella

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Plasmoporellidae

Taxonomy
Plasmoporella was named by Kiaer (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 160]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Plasmoporella Kiaer
1981Plasmoporella Hill
2002Plasmoporella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyPlasmoporellidaeKovalevskiy 1964
genusPlasmoporellaKiaer 1899

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. †Plasmoporella Kiaer 1899
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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 Wildernessian to the top of the Wenlock or 457.30000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2718 2750)
Harnagian - Longvillian458.4 - 455.0China (Guizhou) P. sp. (7335)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (8533)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (Shaanxi) P. taoqupoensis (80679)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2719)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8China (Guizhou) P. intermedia, P. guizhouensis, P. huanghuachongensis (27781)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (NingXia) P. sp. (20761)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (XinJiang) P. sp. (20785)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) P. lambei (26938)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hunan and Hubei) P. sp. (7714)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Sichuan) P. sp. (5338)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (8539)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (XinJiang) P. sp. (8579)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) P. sp. (153816)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China P. yanruiensis (193282)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan P. papillatiformis (80656)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan (Abai) P. kasachstanica, P. convexotabulata, P. crassa (235976)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) P. subtilis, P. maxima (221276)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Russian Federation (Siberia) P. vesiculosa (205662)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4China (Zhejiang ) P. sp. (208785)
Eastonian - Marshbrookian452.7 - 454.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2720)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2699 2751)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2686)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2661 2723)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (8538)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Ningxia) P. sp. (8544)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (GanSu) P. sp. (8546)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Nei Mongol) P. convexotabulata (80687)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Qinghai) P. arcatabulata, P. convexotabulata (80682)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) P. janruiensis, P. convexotabulata (80683) P. sp. (80138 80141)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (JiangXi) P. sp. (7760)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Mongolia P. convexotabulata (79639)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation P. convexotabulata, P. sp. (78802) P. sp. (24294)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) P. sp. (79565)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (XinJiang) P. sp. (20784 20790 20807)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Zhejiang) P. kasachstanica, P. convexotabulata (80684) P. sp. (80686)
Bolindian449.5 - 443.7Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (211251)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (QingHai) P. sp. (8678)
Hirnantian - Rhuddanian445.2 - 440.8Russian Federation (Siberia) P. convexotabulata (205661)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4China (Gansu) P. sp. (27914)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4India P. sp. (36257)