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Polypora ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8091965	https://www.gbif.org/species/8091965
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	25615	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=25615

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Polypora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Polyporidae : Polypora

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	Polyporidae	Vine 1880
genus	Polypora	McCoy 1844

Scientific Name

Polypora McCoy, 1844

Name Published In

Syn. Carb. Lst. Foss. Ireland

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Polypora	genus	belongs to Polyporidae	stated with evidence	Gilmour and Snyder, 2000
Polypora	genus	belongs to Fenestrata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

123

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 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 Stenolaemata)

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
Fenestella megastoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fenestella sykesii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora abadehensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora aestacella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Polypora anastasiae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora andina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	299 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Polypora anshunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora approximata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora arata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora arbusca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora australis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Polypora balkhaschensiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora barabashensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora bassleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora bassleri ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora biarmica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	290 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Polypora bifurcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora borsiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora brouwerii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora bruteni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora bukhtarmensiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora burlingtonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora cestriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora chesteriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora chongqingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Polypora commutabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora complanata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora confirmata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	299 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Polypora consanguinea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	296 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora crassa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora culta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora darashamensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Polypora daubichensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora debilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora declinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora decora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora decorosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora dendroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora dichotoma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora dictyota species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora distincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora elegantissima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora eliasi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora ellesmerensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	315 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora elliptica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	306 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Polypora ellipticopora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora evidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Polypora extensa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora fujimotoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	306 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Polypora gigantea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	306 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Polypora grandicellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora grandis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora gregalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora guangxiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora gzhelensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora halliana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora hexagona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora hirsuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora hivatchensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora hyanusi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora ignota ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	315 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Polypora immanis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora impolita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora impressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora improcera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora inaudita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora inimica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	299 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Polypora inusitata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora irregularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Polypora jalaidensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora kasanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora keppelensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	290 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora keyserlingi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora keyserlingiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora koninckiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	279 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Polypora kossjensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	290 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora kropotkini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora losikha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora macrops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora magnicava ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora manchoukuoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora mariae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	272 Ma Permian
Polypora martis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	299 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Polypora maychensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora megastoma ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	304 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Polypora mennessieri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora mexicana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	279 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora montuosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora moorei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora multinodata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora multiplex ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Polypora multiporifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	290 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora neerkolensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	331 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora nianekensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora nodocarinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora nodolinearis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora ornata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Polypora ovaticella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora ovicellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora pamirensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora parietiba ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora pertinax ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	296 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora polita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora prava ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora pravocellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Polypora principalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	290 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora pseudomacrops ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Polypora pustulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora pustulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora quadrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora quasiconfirmata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora radialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora rectifis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora retificis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora retrorsa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora rudis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora russiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora sargaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora sichuanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Polypora sifangchengensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora sigillaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora sigillata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora simulatrix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora sinokoninckiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Polypora soyanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	279 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora spissa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora striata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora subbiarmica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Polypora submarginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora subvoluminosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Polypora sulaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	304 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Polypora sykesi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	290 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Polypora timanica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora timorensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora transiens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	269 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Polypora triangulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Polypora tripliseriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora triseriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora tubulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora valida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polypora vancouverensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora variocellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora vermicularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Polypora virga ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	290 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora vitiosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora volgensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polypora voluminosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Polypora wadei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Polypora whitei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protoretepora montuosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pustulopora mennessieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Retepora martis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synocladia irregularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thamniscus timanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1971	Pustulopora Termier and Termier p. 33
2000	Polypora Gilmour and Snyder p. 567
2002	Polypora Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Termier H., Termier G. (1971) Bryozoaires du Paleozoique superieur de l'Afghanistan, Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 47, 1-52

Gilmour E. H., Snyder E. M. (2000) Bryozoa of the Mission Argillite (Permian), northeastern Washington, Journal of Paleontology 74 4, 540-570

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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syn. Carb. Lst. Foss. Ireland - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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