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Kingopora ehrenbergi

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Reteporinidae

Taxonomy
Gorgonia ehrenbergi was named by Geinitz (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buchenberg, Possneck, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm dolomite in the Zechstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Phyllopora ehrenbergi by King (1849), King (1850), Geinitz (1861) and Mansuy (1912); it was recombined as Phyllopora ehrenbergii by Langenhan (1899); it was recombined as Protoretepora ehrenbergi by Dreyer (1961); it was recombined as Kingopora ehrenbergi by Morozova (1970) and Ernst (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Gorgonia ehrenbergi Geinitz
1848Retepora lonsdalii Howse p. 263
1849Phyllopora ehrenbergi King p. 389
1850Phyllopora ehrenbergi King p. 43 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-6
1861Phyllopora ehrenbergi Geinitz p. 117
1899Phyllopora ehrenbergii Langenhan p. 51 figs. Pl 4, fig 28
1912Phyllopora ehrenbergi Mansuy p. 11 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1930Phyllopora solida Korn p. 353 figs. Pl 34, figs 11-14; pl 55, figs 1-3,20
1961Protoretepora ehrenbergi Dreyer p. 15 figs. Pl 5, figs 4-6
1961Protoretepora solida Dreyer p. 17 figs. Pl 7, fig 4
1970Kingopora ehrenbergi Morozova p. 236 figs. Pl 57, figs 2,4
2001Kingopora ehrenbergi Ernst p. 142 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-5

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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
familyReteporinidaeDunaeva and Morozova 1974
subfamilyReteporidrinaeDunaeva and Morozova 1974
genusKingopora
speciesehrenbergi(Geinitz 1846)

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.

Kingopora ehrenbergi Geinitz 1846
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Invalid names: Protoretepora solida Korn 1930 [synonym], Retepora lonsdalii Howse 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available