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Polypora arbusca

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Polypora arbusca was named by Gilmour and Snyder (2000). Its type specimen is USNM 499263 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mission Argellite, which is in the Wordian of limestone/siltstone the Mission Argillite Formation Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Polypora arbusca Gilmour and Snyder p. 567 figs. 12.1-12.7, 13.1-13.8, 14.6,14.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyAcanthocladiidaeZittel 1880
genusPolypora
speciesarbusca

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.

†Polypora arbusca Gilmour and Snyder 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Washington) Polypora arbusca (type locality: 8523)