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Proporidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Heliolitida : Proporidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 393 - 388 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. W. Murray. 1985. Atlas of invertebrate macrofossils. The Palaeontological Association (Longman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acdalina ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Baitalites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Diploepora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Ducdonia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Helenolites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Innapora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Koreanopora ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Leleshusia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Propora ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 126 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Rotalites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| Thaumatolites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1949 | Proporidae Sokolov |
| 1981 | Proporidae Hill |
| 1985 | Proporidae Murray p. 35 |
References
| Murray J. W. (1985) Atlas of invertebrate macrofossils, The Palaeontological Association (Longman), 1-241 |
| Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F |
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!
