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Somphopora

Anthozoa - Favositida - Agetolitidae

Taxonomy
Somphopora was named by Lindström (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Somphopora Lindström
1981Somphopora Hill
2002Somphopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyAgetolitidaeKim 1962
genusSomphoporaLindström 1883

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. †Somphopora Lindström 1883
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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 Telychian to the top of the Givetian or 438.50000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) S. sp. (23254 27864)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5China (Guizhou) S. sp. (27792)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Hunan) S. daedakea (80272)