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Prasopora

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae

Taxonomy
Prasopora was named by Nicholson and Etheridge (1877). Its type is Prasopora grayae.

It was assigned to Trepostomida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Monticuliporidae by Bassler (1953), Adamcyzk and Pachut (2013) and Jiménez-Sánchez et al. (2015).

Species
P. falesi, P. grayae (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Prasopora Nicholson and Etheridge
1953Prasopora Bassler p. G96
2002Prasopora Sepkoski
2013Prasopora Adamcyzk and Pachut p. 647
2015Prasopora Jiménez-Sánchez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyMonticuliporidaeNicholson 1881
genusPrasoporaNicholson and Etheridge 1877

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. †Prasopora Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
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Prasopora falesi James 1884
Prasopora grayae Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
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, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Llanvirn to the top of the Wenlock or 463.50000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (265 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician485.4 - 443.4USA (New York) P. sp. (332)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Minnesota) P. sp. (10754)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) P. sp. (333 334 335 430)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.4USA (Kentucky) P. sp. (10751)
Llandeilo466.0 - 449.5United Kingdom P. sp. (69586 69589 69591 69592 69593 69596)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (69531 69532 69543)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9United Kingdom P. sp. (69533 69534 69574 69575 69576 69577 69580 69601)
Gisbornian - Harnagian460.9 - 455.8Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2708 2714 2715)
Berounian460.9 - 449.5France (Herault) P. sp. (21014)
Blackriveran460.9 - 449.5USA (Oklahoma) P. fritzae (23898 23899)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5USA (Nevada) P. sp. (320 418 419 420)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5USA (Georgia) P. hospitalis (32531 32534) P. sp. (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558 32880 32881 32882 33065)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (336)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5USA (Virginia) P. sp. (85635 85642 85644 85645 85649 85653 85664 85666 85667 85668 85669 85670 85671 85672 85687 85691 85700 85704 85706 85707 85710 85712 85719 85723)
Caradocian460.9 - 449.5France P. fistuloporoides, P. grayae (143880)
Caradocian460.9 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) P. simulatrix (23389) P. sp. (80594)
Caradocian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) P. simulatrix (26274)
Chatfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) P. falesi (34549 34550 34557 34561 209382) P. simulatrix, P. falesi (34547) P. sp. (48737 48738 48739 48740 48745 48746 48748 48749 48751 48785 48792 48796 48798 48799 48801 48802 48805 48806 48807)
Chatfieldian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) P. grandis, P. insularis, P. simulatrix (26263 26267) P. simulatrix (26268 26270 26271 26273) P. simulatrix, P. semioculata (26269)
Chatfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (New York) P. lenticularis (181519) P. sardesoni (431 432) P. similatrix (76089 76090 76091) P. simulatrix (337) P. sp. (433)
Chatfieldian - Edenian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (24116)
Dobrotivian - Berounian460.9 - 449.5France P. sp. (21007)
Edenian460.9 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) P. sp. (76094)
Edenian - Maysvillian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) P. patera (26293)
Kirkfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) P. simulatrix (23386)
Kirkfieldian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) P. simulatrix (26192)
Kirkfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (New York) P. simulatrix (23383)
Kirkfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota, Iowa) P. insularis (23379)
Rocklandian460.9 - 449.5USA (Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa) P. simulatrix (23305)
Rocklandian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois) P. simplex (23309) P. simulatrix (23311 23312 23377 23378) P. simulatrix, P. insularis (23314)
Rocklandian460.9 - 449.5USA (New York) P. simulatrix (23381 23382)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (New York) P. similatrix (76092) P. simulatrix (23384 23385)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) P. falesi (37195 37196) P. nodosa (5368) P. nodosa, P. insularis, P. contigus (5357) P. simulatrix (5355 5356 5360) P. sp. (1924 1938 1953 1954 1961)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota) P. insularis (23092)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) P. simulatrix (23387 23388)
Trentonian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (401)
Trentonian460.9 - 449.5USA (Iowa) P. sp. (330)
Turinian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) P. grandis (26191)
Turinian460.9 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) P. patera (5347)
Caradocian - Ashgill460.9 - 443.7Italy P. fistuloporoides (143881)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Argentina P. argentina (144790 144791)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.4USA (Virginia) P. sp. (345)
Soudleyan457.5 - 455.8United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (3362)
Mohawkian457.5 - 452.5USA (Kentucky) P. sp. (85970 85971 85981 85990 85992 85993 86002 86004 86007 86008 86049 86050 86051 86065 86066)
Mohawkian457.5 - 452.5USA (New York) P. sardesoni (104609 104618) P. similatrix (104576 104580 104581 104582 104583 104584 104586 104587 104588 104589 104590 104592 104595 104596 104597 104602 104604 104610 104611 104613 104616 104617 104621 104622 104624 104625 104626 104627 104628 104629)
Mohawkian457.5 - 452.5USA (Virginia) P. sp. (76083 85580 85582 85584 85587 85588 85589 85591 85593 85596 85597 85598 85599 85600 85601 85604 85617 85620 85621 85622 85623)
Mohawkian457.5 - 452.5USA (Tennessee) P. sp. (86111 86112 86113 86120 86138 86146 86197 86210 86218 86228 86230 86234)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian457.5 - 452.0United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (3368 3369 3372)
Eastonian456.1 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2699 2707)
Rawtheyan455.8 - 445.6Morocco P. falesi (173823 173826)
Kralodvorian449.5 - 445.6France P. fistuloporoides (143879)
Richmond449.5 - 445.6USA (Indiana) P. hospitalis (6900 6901 6902 6903 6905 6906 6907 6910 6912 6913)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Morocco P. clariondi (80781)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) P. lenticularis (56000)
Ashgillian449.5 - 443.7India P. yushanensis (144041)
Ashgillian449.5 - 443.7USA (Kentucky) P. hospitalis (24034)
Richmondian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (24119)
Richmondian449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) P. sp. (64165)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4USA (Georgia) P. sp. (164677)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) P. sp. (26778)