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Polypora spissa

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Polypora spissa was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26977/1:1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 41, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Polypora spissa Chronic p. 126
1953Polypora spissa Chronic p. 120 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-2b

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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
speciesspissa

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 spissa Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available