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Propora
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Heliolitida
Suborder:
Heliolitina
Superfamily:
Proporicae
Family:
Proporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Propora Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1849b, p. 262
Type Species:
Porites tubulatus Lonsdale, 1839, p. 687, M, +6555, Geol. Soc. Coll., GSM, London
Images
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Fig. 416,2a,b. *P. tubulata (Lonsdale), M.Sil., Woolhope Ls., 30 ft . above Petalocrinus band, U.K., Woolhope, a, b, transv., long. secs., X4 (Hill, n, GSM54451).
Synonyms
Lyellia, ?Pinacopora, ?Stylidium, ?Cavella, ?Koreanopora
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales), U.Ord., Eu.(Nor.)-Asia(Kazakh.-Altay), N.Am.(Anticosti), Sil.(cosmop.)
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
Corallum with tabularia separated by dissepimented coenenchyme with variable development of discrete trabeculae and without aureola, each tabularium with 12 longitudinal rows of septal spines, walls of tabularia continuous and circular or crenulate in transverse section, tabulae horizontal or slightly sagging or domed. [For intraspecific variation see DIXON, 1974, p. 568.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Heliolitida
Suborder:
Heliolitina
Superfamily:
Proporicae
Family:
Proporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Propora Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1849b, p. 262
Type Species:
Porites tubulatus Lonsdale, 1839, p. 687, M, +6555, Geol. Soc. Coll., GSM, London
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 416,2a,b. *P. tubulata (Lonsdale), M.Sil., Woolhope Ls., 30 ft . above Petalocrinus band, U.K., Woolhope, a, b, transv., long. secs., X4 (Hill, n, GSM54451).
Synonyms
Lyellia, ?Pinacopora, ?Stylidium, ?Cavella, ?Koreanopora
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales), U.Ord., Eu.(Nor.)-Asia(Kazakh.-Altay), N.Am.(Anticosti), Sil.(cosmop.)
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
Corallum with tabularia separated by dissepimented coenenchyme with variable development of discrete trabeculae and without aureola, each tabularium with 12 longitudinal rows of septal spines, walls of tabularia continuous and circular or crenulate in transverse section, tabulae horizontal or slightly sagging or domed. [For intraspecific variation see DIXON, 1974, p. 568.]