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Auloporida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 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) | S. Niko. 2001. Devonian Auloporid Tabulate Corals from the Fukuji Formation, Gifu Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 27(3, 4):73-88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Auloporicae ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 902 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Syringoporicae ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1,008 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Schlueterichonus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1947 | Auloporida Sokolov |
| 2001 | Auloporida Niko |
| 1947 | Auloporida Sokolov |
| 2001 | Auloporida Niko |
References
| Niko S. (2001) Devonian Auloporid Tabulate Corals from the Fukuji Formation, Gifu Prefecture, Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 27 3, 4, 73-88 |
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!
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