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Porites lichen
Taxonomy
Porites lichen was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Porites lichen Dana |
| 1846 | Porites reticulosa Dana |
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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Fiji | Porites lichen (124829) | |
| Langhian | Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) | Porites lichen (124822) | |
| Messinian | Fiji | Porites lichen (124861) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Porites lichen (80730 80738) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | French Polynesia | Porites lichen (97461 104933 104937) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Caledonia | Porites reticulosa (90042) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Porites lichen (97322) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Porites lichen (96956) |