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Helioporidae

Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Helioporidae Moseley
1997Helioporidae Baron-Szabo p. 89
2009Helioporidae Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHelioporacea
familyHelioporidaeMoseley 1876
familyHelioporidaeMoseley 1876

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. †Helioporidae Moseley 1876
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G. †Acropsammia Gerth 1933
G. †Parapolytremacis Alloiteau 1957
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Parapolytremacis alloiteaui Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
G. †Progonopora Gerth 1933
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Progonopora variabilis Gerth 1933
G. †Pseudopolytremacis Morycowa 1971
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Invalid names: Proheliopora [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-11 07:06:57
Modified: 2007-10-11 09:06:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Burdigalian or 129.40000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Pseudopolytremacis japonica (65198 65199 65200)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Slovenia Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (68728)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Heliopora japonica (91282 91322 91323 91324 91325 91327 91328)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Uzbekistan Proheliopora kysylkumensis (85420)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain Pseudopolytremacis japonica (82689 82690)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Pseudopolytremacis hanagensis (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (69201)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (74811)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Uzbekistan Heliopora kysylkumensis (78698)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata, Pseudopolytremacis paliformis (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Pseudopolytremacis paliformis (74192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (74193)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria Parapolytremacis septifera (27296)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata (24265 24266 24268)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Parapolytremacis septifera (74895)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria Parapolytremacis actinacioides, Parapolytremacis septifera (67575)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Cherkaska) Heliopora bellardii (77069)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Parapolytremacis alloiteaui (76889)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Czech Republic Polytremacis bellardii (69521)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (75454)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Czech Republic Polytremacis bellardii (69514)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia Heliopora bellardii (124308 124309)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Polytremacis bellardii (34481)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Parapolytremacis bellardii (10703)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary Heliopora bellardii (123836 123837 123841 123843 123846)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (69968)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Parapolytremacis sp. A (69724)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Parapolytremacis bellardii (69940 69941 69943 69965)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Parapolytremacis sp. A (69725)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy Helioporidae indet. (27546)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Progonopora variabilis, Acropsammia sokkohensis, Javanopora ramosa (62860)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Acropsammia sokkohensis (155986)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Progonopora variabilis (34721)