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Wormsipora

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Taeniolitidae

Taxonomy
Wormsipora was named by Sokolov (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-m]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
W. karasuensis, W. minuta, W. orientalis, W. sinkiangensis, W. siyangensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Wormsipora Sokolov
1981Wormsipora Hill
2002Wormsipora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyHelioliticaeLindström 1876
familyTaeniolitidaeLin and Chow 1977
genusWormsiporaSokolov 1955

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. †Wormsipora Sokolov 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:54:32
Modified: 2010-02-09 05:44:22
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Eastonian to the top of the Pusgillian or 452.30000 to 449.20000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation W. karasuensis (78801)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (XinJiang) W. sp. (20785)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1China (NingXia) W. sp. (20761)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1China (Qinghai) W. sp. (68633)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) W. sp. (153816)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) W. sinkiangensis, W. orientalis (221276)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Russian Federation (Siberia) W. minuta (205662)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (New South Wales) W. sp. (2729 2730 2732)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Shaanxi) W. sp. (8538)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Zhejiang) W. siyangensis (80684) W. sp. (80686)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (GanSu) W. sp. (8559 8564)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (XinJiang) W. sp. (20807)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation W. karasuensis (78802)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Ningxia) W. sp. (8544)