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Stenopora gracilis

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Taxonomy
Chaetetes gracilis was named by Dana (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Black Head, Gerringong (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Chetetes gracilis by Dana (1849); it was recombined as Stenopora gracilis by Reed (1932) and Crockford (1943).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Chaetetes gracilis Dana
1849Chetetes gracilis Dana p. 712 figs. Pl 11, figs 10,10a,b,c
1932Stenopora gracilis Reed p. 10
1943Stenopora gracilis Crockford p. 261 figs. Pl 15, fig 1,2; text-fig 5A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyStenoporidae
subfamilyStenoporinae
genusStenopora
speciesgracilis()

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.

Stenopora gracilis Dana 1849
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Diagnosis
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