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Auloporicae β
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporida : Auloporicae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Auloporida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Auloporida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Hill. 1981. Rugosa and Tabulata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1(F) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aulocystidae β family | listed (PBDB) | 172 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Auloheliidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 272 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Auloporidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 385 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Bajgoliidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Fletcheriellidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Kozlowskiocystiidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Palaeofavosiporidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Pyrgiidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 204 | 443 Ma Silurian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Romingeriidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 40 | 443 Ma Silurian | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Sinoporidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 35 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Trachypsammiidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 296 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1851 | Auloporicae Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1981 | Auloporicae Hill |
References
| Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
