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Cladopora ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4882470	https://www.gbif.org/species/4882470
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	4840	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=4840

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pachyporidae : Cladopora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Pachyporidae : Cladopora

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Tabulata	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
order	Favositida	Wedekind 1937
suborder	Favositina	Wedekind 1937
superfamily	Pachyporicae	Gerth 1921
family	Pachyporidae	Gerth 1921
genus	Cladopora	Hall 1851

Scientific Name

Cladopora Hall, 1851

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., (2) 11

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cladopora	genus	belongs to Thamnoporidae	stated with evidence	Klaamann, 1964
Cladopora	genus	belongs to Pachyporidae	stated with evidence	Hill, 1981
Cladopora	genus	belongs to Tabulata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

443 - 439 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Tabulata)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cladopora aculeata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora bifurca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora brownsportensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora clarkei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora corrigia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cladopora dispansa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora equisetalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora francisci species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora halli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora laqueata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora lemaitreae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cladopora multiseriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora perrara ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	428 Ma Silurian	428 Ma Silurian
Cladopora reticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora seriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Cladopora spinulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Cladopora striata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cladopora surculus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cladopora tubulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1851	Cladopora Hall
1961	Taxopora Sokolov
1964	Cladopora Klaamann
1981	Cladopora Hill
2002	Cladopora Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Klaamann E. (1964) Late Ordovician and early Silurian Favositida of Estonia, Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituut 501, 1-117

Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Amer. J. Sci., (2) 11 - 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!

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