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Polyporella woodsi

Stenolaemata - Fenestrida - Polyporidae

Taxonomy
Protoretepora ampla woodsi was named by Etheridge (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stony Creek railway cutting, which is in a Kungurian offshore siliciclastic in the Fenestella Shale Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Polypora woodsi by Crockford (1944), Crockford (1946) and Wass (1968); it was recombined as Polyporella woodsi by Reid (2003).

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

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Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Protoretepora ampla woodsi Etheridge
1918Polypora tumula Laseron p. 191 figs. Pl 7, fig 3; pl 9, figs 1,2
1944Polypora woodsi Crockford p. 177 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1946Polypora woodsi Crockford p. 133
1968Polypora woodsi Wass
2003Polyporella woodsi Reid

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
—Polyzoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderFenestridaElias and Condra 1957
familyPolyporidaeVine 1880
genusPolyporella
specieswoodsi(Etheridge 1892)

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available