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Polyporella lyndoni

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Polypora lyndoni was named by Phillips Ross (1963). Its type specimen is CPC ML107-20 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR ML107, Round Hill Well, Winning Station, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in Australia.

It was recombined as Polyporella lyndoni by Gorjunova (1975), Morozova (1981), Morozova (1991) and Morozova (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Polypora ovicellata, P. helgersonia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Polypora lyndoni Phillips Ross p. 77 figs. Pl 9, figs 6,10-12; pl 11, figs 4,5
1975Polyporella lyndoni Gorjunova p. 104 figs. Pl 29, fig 2
1981Polyporella lyndoni Morozova p. 80 figs. Pl 21, fig 2; pl 30, fig 4
1991Polyporella lyndoni Morozova p. 89 figs. Pl 21, fig 2
2004Polyporella lyndoni Morozova p. 383

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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
genusPolyporella
specieslyndoni()

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.

†Polyporella lyndoni Phillips Ross 1963
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Diagnosis
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