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Meekopora

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Meekopora Bassler p. G88
1995Meekopora Sakagami p. 246
2002Meekopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderCystoporida(Astrova 1964)
suborderHexagonellinaMorozova 1970
familyHexagonellidaeCrockford 1947
genusMeekopora

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.

G. †Meekopora
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Meekopora annulus Liu 1980
Meekopora bifurcata Liu 1980
Meekopora borealis Kruchinina 1986
Meekopora clara Liu 1976
Meekopora delicata Sakagami 1961
Meekopora densa Sakagami 1961
Meekopora fungipora Sakagami 1964
Meekopora magna Yang and Xia 1975
Meekopora magnusi Nakrem 1994
Meekopora modesta Morozova 1970
Meekopora opima Moore and Dudley 1944
Meekopora parilis Moore and Dudley 1944
Meekopora polarica Gorjunova 1964
Meekopora prosseri Ullrich 1890
Meekopora serpalis Xia 1986
Meekopora venusta Gorjunova and Morozova 1979
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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Changhsingian or 343.00000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Georgia) M. clausa (164686)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) M. sp. (158)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) M. sp. (2184 2191 2202 2204 2208)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) M. sp. (557)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany M. sp. (143569)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Tennessee) M. clausa (40773)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) M. sp. (6751 6764 6800 6823 6831)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Indiana) M. eximia (6969 7000)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Kentucky) M. eximia (6964)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Illinois) M. eximia (7074)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2China M. magna (61006)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Peru M. prosseri (117129 117131)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Bolivia M. sp. (116997 117000)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Peru M. opima (117119) M. prosseri (117117 117121 117125 117126 117127 117134 117135)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Cusco) M. prosseri (41343)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) M. prosseri (41362)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Bolivia M. prosseri (62316)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Ayacucho) M. prosseri (41364 41371)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Utah) M. sp. (10138)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia M. prosseri (95532 95533 95534)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) M. prosseri (50996 51035 51040 51049 51053 106972)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation M. borealis (113513)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Bolivia M. sp. (81982)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen M. magnusi (90177 90178 90181 115606 115608)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xizang) M. sp. (61245)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Afghanistan M. prosseri (88693)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) M. parilis (113042 113043 113047)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Nevada) M. sp. (116804 116805 116809)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation M. polarica (88923) M. sp. (99942 99943)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Heilongjiang) M. columnaris (109615)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Japan M. fungipora (116866) M. sp. (116865)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Nei Mongol) M. bifurcata (112688) M. clara (112684)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan M. sp. 2 (119241)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) M. sp. (108862)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) M. reniformis (111139)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jilin) M. densa (94949)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Xizang) M. delicata (120850 120852)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) M. annulus (109617)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) M. conjunctiva (111185)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) M. incrassata (112681) M. lunatifera (109605)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Mongolia M. venusta (82632)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) M. prosseri, M. delicata (110482)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation M. modesta (113652)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) M. delicata (110487) M. magna (110496) M. prosseri (110490) M. prosseri, M. delicata (110475)