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Ceratopora

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae

Taxonomy
Ceratopora was named by Grabau (1899).

It was assigned to Auloporidae by Cleland (1903).

Species
C. dichotoma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Ceratopora Grabau
1903Ceratopora Cleland

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAuloporidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusCeratoporaGrabau 1899

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. †Ceratopora Grabau 1899
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†Ceratopora dichotoma Grabau 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Eifelian or 423.00000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) C. sp. (491)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) C. sp. (9541 9551 9552 9553 9613 9615 9616 9617 77056)