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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
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: Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) Polypora spissa (type locality: 41357)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Ayacucho) Polypora spissa (41364)