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Plasmopora
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Heliolitida
Suborder:
Heliolitina
Superfamily:
Proporicae
Family:
Plasmoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Plasmopora Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1849b, p. 262
Type Species:
Porites petalliformis LONSDALE, 1839, p. 687, M, +6558, Geol. Soc. Coll., GSM, London
Images
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Fig. 420,5ac. *P. petalliformis (Lonsdale), M.Sil., Eng., Dudley, a, transv., b,c, long. secs., X6 (Lindström, 1899)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales), Sil.(up.Llandov.-Ludlov.), Eu.(U.K.-Nor.-Swed.-Est.-Podolia-Czech.)-N.Am.(Ind.-Ky.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
458.18
Description
Plasmoporids with septa consisting of spines, or absent, dissepiments dominant in coenenchyme, penetrated by spinules or rodlets or by longitudinal plates outlining imperfect tubules
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Heliolitida
Suborder:
Heliolitina
Superfamily:
Proporicae
Family:
Plasmoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Plasmopora Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1849b, p. 262
Type Species:
Porites petalliformis LONSDALE, 1839, p. 687, M, +6558, Geol. Soc. Coll., GSM, London
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 420,5ac. *P. petalliformis (Lonsdale), M.Sil., Eng., Dudley, a, transv., b,c, long. secs., X6 (Lindström, 1899)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales), Sil.(up.Llandov.-Ludlov.), Eu.(U.K.-Nor.-Swed.-Est.-Podolia-Czech.)-N.Am.(Ind.-Ky.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
458.18
Description
Plasmoporids with septa consisting of spines, or absent, dissepiments dominant in coenenchyme, penetrated by spinules or rodlets or by longitudinal plates outlining imperfect tubules