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Tetraporinus

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Tetraporellidae

Taxonomy
Tetraporinus was named by Sokolov (1947) [Sepkoski's age data: S u P Leon]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tetraporellidae by Hill (1981) and Wang and Sugiyama (2000); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Tetraporinus Sokolov
1981Tetraporinus Hill
2000Tetraporinus Wang and Sugiyama p. 289
2002Tetraporinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familyTetraporellidaeSokolov 1950
genusTetraporinusSokolov 1947

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. †Tetraporinus Sokolov 1947
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Tetraporinus anhuiensis Zhao and Chen 1963
Tetraporinus lentus Khayznikova 1989
Tetraporinus minor Wu and Wang 1974
Tetraporinus mixtus He and Weng 1983
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Roadian or 449.50000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) T. sp. (79447 79449)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) T. lentus (79415 79454 79479)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Russian Federation (Komi) T. syvjuensis (84296)
Meramecian - Chesterian343.0 - 323.2USA (Idaho) T. sp. (12901 12902)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Norway (Svalbard) T. kozlowskii (61487 61491) T. spitsbergensis, T. spinosus (61480 61486)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xizang) T. mixtus (81861)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Sichuan) T. minor (98062)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) T. nankingensis (119992)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Anhui) T. aequitabulata (100206) T. aequitabulata, T. anhuiensis (100207) T. cancellosus (100204 100205) T. gilungshanensis (100772) T. sp. (100192 100193)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hubei) T. aequitabulata (109901) T. anhuiensis (105454)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand T. huishuiensis (118850)