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Protopora

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Romingeriidae

Taxonomy
Protopora was named by Greene (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l C Vise-u]. It is not extant.

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

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Girndt on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Protopora Greene
1981Protopora Hill
2002Protopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyRomingeriidaeSokolov 1950
genusProtoporaGreene 1904

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. †Protopora Greene 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass
References: Kiessling 2004, Hill 1981, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available