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Polypora montuosa

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Protoretepora montuosa was named by Laseron (1918). Its type specimen is AM F20191 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Branxton west railway cutting, which is in a Roadian offshore shale in the Branxton Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Polypora montuosa by Crockford (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Protoretepora montuosa Laseron
1941Polypora montuosa Crockford p. 409 figs. Pl 18, fig 4; pl 19, fig 2

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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
genusPolypora
speciesmontuosa(Laseron 1918)

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.

Polypora montuosa Laseron 1918
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Diagnosis
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