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Echinopora porosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Echinopora porosa was named by Gerth (1925). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gawo River, Nias, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene perireef or subreef limestone in the Nias Formation of Indonesia.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Echinopora porosa Gerth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusEchinoporaLamarck 1816
speciesporosa

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.

Echinopora porosa Gerth 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Echinopora porosa (type locality: 109219 109227 109235)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Echinopora porosa (45343)