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Polypora confirmata

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Polypora confirmata was named by Kruchinina (1986). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 51/916 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sula River, Artinskian, Northern Timan Mountains, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Nerminskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Polypora confirmata Kruchinina

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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
speciesconfirmata

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 confirmata Kruchinina 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Canada (Nunavut) Polypora confirmata (107927)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation Polypora confirmata (type locality: 110204 113467 113491 113514 113528)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Nunavut) Polypora confirmata (107628)