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Micropora quadriporosa

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae

Taxonomy
Micropora quadriporosa was named by Gordon and Taylor (1999). Its type specimen is IGNS BZ 186 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pukekio, Chatham Island, which is in a Thanetian/Ypresian transition zone/lower shoreface conglomerate/conglomerate in the Red Bluff Tuff Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. baccata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Micropora quadriporosa Gordon and Taylor p. 17 figs. 38, 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyMicroporidaeHincks 1880
genusMicroporaGray 1848
speciesquadriporosa

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.

†Micropora quadriporosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available