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Helioporidae

Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Helioporidae Moseley
1997Helioporidae Baron-Szabo p. 89
2009Helioporidae Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHelioporacea
familyHelioporidaeMoseley 1876
familyHelioporidaeMoseley 1876

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.

Fm. †Helioporidae Moseley 1876
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G. †Acropsammia Gerth 1933
G. †Parapolytremacis Alloiteau 1957
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Parapolytremacis alloiteaui Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
G. †Progonopora Gerth 1933
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Progonopora variabilis Gerth 1933
G. †Pseudopolytremacis Morycowa 1971
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Invalid names: Proheliopora [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-11 07:06:57
Modified: 2007-10-11 14:06:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Burdigalian or 125.77000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Pseudopolytremacis japonica (65198 65199 65200)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (68728)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Pseudopolytremacis hanagensis (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (69201)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Uzbekistan Proheliopora kysylkumensis (85420)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) Heliopora japonica (91282 91322 91323 91324 91325 91327 91328)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain Pseudopolytremacis japonica (82689 82690)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (74811)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Uzbekistan Heliopora kysylkumensis (78698)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata, Pseudopolytremacis paliformis (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Sachsen) Pseudopolytremacis paliformis (74192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (74193)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Austria Parapolytremacis septifera (27296)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (24265 24266 24268)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Parapolytremacis septifera (74895)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Bulgaria Parapolytremacis actinacioides, Parapolytremacis septifera (67575)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France Parapolytremacis alloiteaui (76889)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Ukraine (Cherkaska) Heliopora bellardii (77069)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Czechia Polytremacis bellardii (69521)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (75454)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Czechia Polytremacis bellardii (69514)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Croatia Heliopora bellardii (124308 124309)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Polytremacis bellardii (34481)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary Heliopora bellardii (123836 123837 123841 123843 123846)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Parapolytremacis bellardii (10703)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica Parapolytremacis sp. A (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (69968)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (69940 69941 69943 69965)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Italy Helioporidae indet. (27546)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica Parapolytremacis sp. A (69725)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) Progonopora variabilis, Acropsammia sokkohensis, Javanopora ramosa (62860)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia Acropsammia sokkohensis (155986)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) Progonopora variabilis (34721)