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Oxypora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Oxypora was named by Saville-Kent (1871) [m. kosnik taxon no: 11137]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pectiniidae by Wells (1956); and to Lobophylliidae by Dai and Horng (2009).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Oxypora Saville-Kent
1956Oxypora Wells
2009Oxypora Dai and Horng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusOxyporaSaville-Kent 1871

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. Oxypora Saville-Kent 1871
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Oxypora glabra Nemenzo 1959
Oxypora lacera Verrill 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey O. sp. (62460)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) O. glabra (124781)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea O. lacera (42736)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan O. sp. (81581)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia O. lacera (104657)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) O. lacera (97528)