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Lyropora erkosoides ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8441727	https://www.gbif.org/species/8441727
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	242827	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=242827

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Lyropora : Lyropora erkosoides

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Lyropora : Lyropora erkosoides

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
-	Polyzoa
phylum	Bryozoa	Ehrenberg 1831
class	Stenolaemata	Borg 1926
order	Fenestrida	Elias and Condra 1957
family	Fenestellidae	King 1850
genus	Lyropora
species	Lyropora erkosoides	Etheridge 1926

Generic Name

Lyropora

Scientific Name

Lyropora erkosoides Etheridge, 1926

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lyropora erkosoides	species	belongs to Lyropora	stated with evidence	Etheridge, 1926

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Stenolaemata)

Vision

blind (based on Stenolaemata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Stenolaemata)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Fenestellidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Etheridge Jr. 1926. Taxonomic names, in Descriptions of some Western Australian fossil Polyzoa. Bulletin of Western Australia Geological Survey 88:11

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1926	Lyropora erkosoides Etheridge Jr. p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 1, 4

References

Etheridge Jr. R. (1926) Taxonomic names, in Descriptions of some Western Australian fossil Polyzoa, Bulletin of Western Australia Geological Survey 88, 11

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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