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Polypora virga

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Polypora virga was named by Laseron (1918). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Branxton west railway cutting, which is in a Roadian offshore shale in the Branxton Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Polypora virga Laseron p. 192 figs. Pl 7; pl 8, fig 2
1941Polypora virga Crockford p. 410 figs. Pl 19, fig 3
1946Polypora virga Crockford p. 133
1964Polypora virga Maxwell p. 40 figs. Pl 13, fig 6
1968Polypora virga Wass p. 51 figs. Pl 13, fig 2
2003Polypora virga Reid p. 71 fig. 28

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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
speciesvirgaLaseron 1918

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 virga Laseron 1918
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Diagnosis
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