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Meekopora polarica

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Taxonomy
Meekopora polarica was named by Gorjunova (1964). Its type specimen is PIN 1692/287 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cheshskoy Bay, Kazanian, Kanin Peninsula, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Kazan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. clausa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Meekopora polarica Gorjunova p. 50 figs. Pl 5, fig 3
1970Meekopora polarica Morozova p. 74 figs. Pl 5, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderCystoporida(Astrova 1964)
suborderHexagonellinaMorozova 1970
familyHexagonellidaeCrockford 1947
genusMeekopora
speciespolaricaGorjunova 1964

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.

†Meekopora polarica Gorjunova 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available