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Plasmoporidae

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Plasmoporidae

Taxonomy
Plasmoporidae was named by Sardeson (1896). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proporicae by Hill (1981); and to Heliolitida by Murray (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Plasmoporidae Sardeson
1981Plasmoporidae Hill
1985Plasmoporidae Murray

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyPlasmoporidaeSardeson 1896
familyPlasmoporidaeSardeson 1896

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. †Plasmoporidae Sardeson 1896
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G. †Eolaminoplasma Bondarenko 1963
G. †Laminoplasma Bondarenko 1963
G. †Liscombea Ross 1961
G. †Plasmopora Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
G. †Squameolites Bondarenko 1963
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†Squameolites junggarensis Lin and Wang 1981
G. †Visbylites Bondarenko 1963
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†Visbylites stella Lindström 1899
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 Turinian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 457.30000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Plasmopora lambii (185478 185480)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Plasmopora lambii (185265 185268)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Plasmopora lambei, Plasmopora pattersoni (24116)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) Plasmopora lambi (185487)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Plasmopora lambei (13656 13657) Plasmopora lambei, Plasmopora pattersoni (13654 13655)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Plasmopora lambei (14120 23009)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Plasmopora lambei (101984)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Sweden Plasmopora conferta (159341)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (California) Plasmopora follis (79808 229638)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (New Brunswick) Plasmopora logani, Plasmopora corrugata (914)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Quebec) Plasmopora corrugata (1136) Plasmopora logani (915 1134 1135)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (New Brunswick) Plasmopora logani (909 910 913) Plasmopora logani, Plasmopora corrugata (912)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) Plasmopora elegans, Plasmopora follis (5676)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) Plasmopora gippslandica (10187 10192)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China Plasmopora sp. (61428)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9China (Yunnan) Plasmopora sp. (27837)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Plasmopora petaliformis (184842)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Tuva) Plasmopora sp. (78713)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China Plasmopora sp. (27773)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden Plasmopora calyculata (77410)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Plasmopora calyculata, Plasmopora scita (13591) Plasmopora foroensis, Plasmopora petalliformis (13598) Plasmopora petalliformis, Plasmopora scita (13669) Plasmopora rudis, Plasmopora sp. (13597)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7India Plasmopora sp. (36257 36261)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Xinjiang) Plasmopora sp. (27777) Squameolites immensis, Visbylites hoboksarensis (27834)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Ukraine Plasmopora scita (23365 23458)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Plasmopora scita (79881)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Tyva) Plasmopora nakamurai (78716)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) Plasmopora sp. (26700 26771 26789 26792)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) Plasmopora sp. (25044)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Quebec) Plasmopora petaliformis (71477)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) Plasmopora scita (13599 13673)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Squameolites junggarensis (228316)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Plasmopora sp. (23057)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Plasmopora foroensis, Plasmopora sp. (13601)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Plasmopora heliolitoides, Plasmopora rosa, Plasmopora rudis, Plasmopora suprema (13603)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Ukraine Plasmopora scita (23372)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) Plasmopora sp. (79734)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Xinjiang) Squameolites sp. (27769)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Squameolites anomalus (711 712 713)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) Plasmopora scita (13620)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Squameolites anomalus (5781 5782 5790 5793 5794)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Plasmopora follis (6706)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (New South Wales) Plasmopora sp. (25706 25707)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Australia (Victoria) Plasmopora gippslandica (10121 10127)