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Propora

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proporidae

Taxonomy
Propora was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l S Ludl-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyProporidaeSokolov 1949
genusProporaMilne-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. †Propora 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 Soudleyan to the top of the Eifelian or 458.20000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2703 2714 2715 2718 2750)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (8533)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (NingXia) P. sp. (20761)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (XinJiang) P. sp. (8579)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Mongolia (Bayanhongor) P. magna (79592) P. magna, P. speciosa (170535)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan P. cancellatiformis (80656) P. sp. (162026)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan (Abai) P. sp. (235976)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) P. sp. (153816)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) P. squameosa (221276)
Eastonian - Marshbrookian452.3 - 454.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2720 2722)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2686)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2699 2700 2701 2702 2732 2751 2753 2754)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Lääne) P. sp. (174104)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia P. speciosa (168188)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Ningxia) P. sp. (8544)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (GanSu) P. sp. (8546)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation P. parvotubulata (78802) P. sp. (24294)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) P. sp., P. conferta, P. speciosa (55455)
Ashgill - Llandovery449.5 - 432.9Canada (Québec) P. speciosa (24505)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (8537)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) P. conferta (80615)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Russian Federation P. conferta (152989)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China P. sp. (61382)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (80614)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia (Saare) P. magna (172821)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia P. sp. (195592)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5China (Guizhou) P. sp. (27888)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Quebec) P. conferta (12938) P. sp. (197360)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) P. tubulata (206465 206484 206542 206543 206560)
Alexandrian443.1 - 438.1Canada (Québec) P. sp. (24398 24400 24401 24404 24405 24406 24407 24448)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) P. magna (78710)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (513)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation P. conferta (24773)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Greenland P. sp. (188527)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Ohio) P. conferta (13201 13203 13205 13206 13225 13238)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Sweden P. conferta (61755)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Kentucky) P. eminula (13236 13237)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (New Brunswick) P. exigua, P. americana (914)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Indiana) P. exigua (13211)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) P. conferta, P. exigua, P. P. speciosa (12940) P. sp. (12557)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Canada (Quebec) P. tubulata (79164)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Russian Federation P. conferta (23748)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7China (Xizang) P. sp. (27745)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.1 - 422.7China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (27764)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (New Brunswick) P. exigua (913) P. tabulata (911)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Quebec) P. tabulata (915) P. tubulata (916 917 918 919)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) P. puella, P. glabra, P. papillata (5676)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) P. conferta (12939) P. sp. (79165)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (Ohio) P. conferta (13198) P. conferta, P. eminula (22964)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Tuva) P. conferta (78713)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (23251)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Yunnan) P. sp. (27850)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) P. glabra (12941)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) P. sp. (23248 23254)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) P. speciosa (13597) P. tubulata (13591 13592 13594)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden P. tubulata (77410)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation P. conferta (23772)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Ukraine P. tabulata (23364)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7India P. sp. (36259)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Gansu) P. qinlingensis (27914)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) P. tubulata (79881)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Uzbekistan P. sp. (24763)
Sheinwoodian - Ludfordian432.9 - 422.7Canada (Quebec) P. tubulata (731)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) P. sp. (228316)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) P. tubulata (23057)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia P. sp. (14097)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia P. sp. (14104)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Australia (Victoria) P. conferta (25641)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Canada (Nunavut) P. tubulata (5797)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia P. conferta, P. magnifica (14057)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (5790) P. tubulata, P. sp. (5782)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) P. conferta (13620)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) P. sp. (9529 9536)