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Auloporidae

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Auloporidae Milne-Edwards and Haime
1959Auloporidae Langenheim, Jr. and McCutcheon p. 99
1966Auloporidae Klaamann
1981Auloporidae Hill
2005Auloporidae Niko p. 36

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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
familyAuloporidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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.

Fm. †Auloporidae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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G. †Aulocaulis Fenton and Fenton 1937
G. †Aulopora Goldfuss 1829
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Aulopora amica Klaamann 1962
Aulopora assueta Klaamann 1966
Aulopora celsa Klaamann 1966
Aulopora enodis Klaamann 1966
Aulopora gerthi Montanaro Gallitelli 1954
Aulopora necopina Klaamann 1966
Aulopora repens Knorr and Walch 1775
Aulopora serpens Goldfuss 1829
Aulopora timorica Gerth 1922
G. †Auloporella Grubbs 1939
G. †Aulozoa Grubbs 1939
G. †Ceratopora Grabau 1899
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Ceratopora dichotoma Grabau 1899
G. †Diorychopora Davis 1887
G. †Gundarina Leleshus 1993
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Gundarina nana Leleshus 1993
G. †Mastopora Sokolov 1952
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Mastopora compacta Tchernychev 1941
Mastopora foederata Klaamann 1966
Mastopora incrustata Sokolov 1955
Mastopora spicata Goldfuss 1826
G. †Planalveolitella Stumm 1967
Invalid names: Syringoporinae Nicholson 1879 [empty]
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 Turinian to the top of the Capitanian or 457.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (355 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) Aulopora sp. (2750)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Ireland (Leinster) Mastopora sp. (55671)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Kazakhstan Mastopora reticulata (80177) Mastopora reticulata, Mastopora nana (80224)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Kazakhstan Mastopora reticulata (80222)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Aulopora sp. (45282)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Norway (Toten) Mastopora sp. (191093)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) Aulopora trentonensis (5347)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Aulopora wilsonae (55999)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Aulopora trentonensis (5351)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Aulopora sp. (2648 2699 2700 2731 2751 2753 2754)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) Aulopora sp. (39158)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Indonesia Aulopora timorica (39614)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Tajikistan Gundarina nana (111234)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia Aulopora timorica (39608)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51USA (Texas) Aulopora sp. (108835)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Aulopora gerthi (113433)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Indonesia Aulopora sumatrensis (75571)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Aulopora sp. (118134 118135)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran Aulopora sp. (118227)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Japan Auloporidae indet. (61154)