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Tetraporella

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Thecostegitidae

Taxonomy
Tetraporella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Thecostegitidae by Ospanova (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tetraporella Sepkoski
2010Tetraporella Ospanova p. 271

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familyThecostegitidaeFromentel 1861
genusTetraporella

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.

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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: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) T. sp. (79440 79441 79443)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Shaanxi) T. maxima (80678)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Chukotka) T. monticuliporoides (80675)