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Polyporella internata

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Fenestella internata was named by Lonsdale (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Van Diemen's Land (Porter Hill shoreline), which is in a Sakmarian marine siltstone/limestone in the Bundella Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Polyporella internata by Reid (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Fenestella internata Lonsdale p. 165
2003Polyporella internata Reid p. 73 fig. 29

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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
speciesinternata()

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 internata Lonsdale 1844
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Lonsdale 1844Cup-shaped; celluliferous surface internal; branches, dichotimous, compressed, breadth variable; meshes oblong, narrow; rows of cells 2-5, divided by longitudinal ridges; transverse connecting processes short without cells; non-cellular surface, inner layer, sharply fibrous, outer layer, minutely granular.