Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Stenopora ✝

Photos

Photo Gallery

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3267809	https://www.gbif.org/species/3267809
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	25360	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=25360

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Stenoporidae : Stenopora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomida : Stenoporidae : Stenopora

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	Trepostomida	Ulrich 1882
suborder	Amplexoporina	Astrova 1965
family	Stenoporidae	Waagen and Wentzel 1886
subfamily	Stenoporinae	Waagen and Wentzel 1886
genus	Stenopora	Lonsdale 1844

Scientific Name

Stenopora Lonsdale, 1844

Name Published In

in Darwin, Volcanic Isl.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stenopora	genus	belongs to Trepostomida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Stenopora	genus	belongs to Stenoporinae	stated with evidence	Reid, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

466 - 458 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Stenolaemata)

Vision

blind (based on Stenolaemata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Stenolaemata)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Stenolaemata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. Lonsdale. 1844. Description of six species of corals from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Diemen's Land. In C. Darwin (ed.), Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Calamopora mackrothii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chaetetes gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geinitzella tuberosasparsigemmata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora aequalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Stenopora americana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora angularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora angulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Stenopora armata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora armatiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora berriedalensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	290 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Stenopora borsiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora buragoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Stenopora carbonaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora cestriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora clara ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Stenopora compacta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora confusionensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora crassa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora crinita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	296 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora daheshenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora derilangmaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Stenopora dickinsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	299 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Stenopora emaciata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora etheridgei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	296 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Stenopora fisheri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Stenopora frondescens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora gracilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	296 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora grandis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora granulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora guangdongensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora hemispherica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora hirsuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	290 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Stenopora inclinis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Stenopora incrustans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora inflata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora intercalaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora intermittens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora jalaidensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora jungersenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Stenopora kashmirensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora laeviuscula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora lyndoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Stenopora mackrothi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora meekana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora montifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora nicholsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Stenopora nigris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora normalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Stenopora obesa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora ohioensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora ovata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	296 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora parallela ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Stenopora parvaexozona ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora permiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Stenopora polyspinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora punctata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora qaganqulutensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Stenopora quasitimanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Stenopora ramosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora redesdalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora richardsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Stenopora rudis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora rugosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Stenopora seriatensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Stenopora signata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora simplex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Stenopora spicata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Stenopora spiculata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Stenopora spinigera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Stenopora spissa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenopora tasmaniensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	299 Ma Carboniferous	272 Ma Permian
Stenopora thula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Stenopora thuliformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora timanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Stenopora toriyamai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Stenopora tuberosasparsigemmata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Stenopora veriparallela ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Stenopora yunzhugensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Ulrichotrypa spicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1844	Stenopora Lonsdale p. 161
2002	Stenopora Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Stenopora Reid p. 103

References

Lonsdale W. Description of six species of corals from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Diemen's Land, Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle, 161-169

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Reid C. M. (2003) Permian Bryozoa of Tasmania and New South Wales: systematics and their use in Tasmanian biostratigraphy, Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, Memoir 28, 1-133

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Darwin, Volcanic Isl. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

Quick NavTop Fossil Distribution Subtaxa Synonymy List References

Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 18, 2024 14:08:34

Go to top of page