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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4857339	https://www.gbif.org/species/4857339
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	25457	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=25457

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Ptilodictyidae : Phaenopora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomata : Ptilodictyidae : Phaenopora

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
superorder	Palaeostomata	Ma et al. 2014
order	Cryptostomata	Vine 1884
suborder	Ptilodictyina	Astrova and Morozova 1956
family	Ptilodictyidae	Zittel 1880
genus	Phaenopora	Hall 1851

Scientific Name

Phaenopora Hall, 1851

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., (2) 11

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Phaenopora	genus	belongs to Ptilodictyonidae	stated with evidence	Bassler, 1911
Phaenopora	genus	belongs to Cryptostomata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Phaenopora	genus	belongs to Ptilodictyidae	stated with evidence	Ernst and Nakrem, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 453 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic

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
Phaenopora aperta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phaenopora ensiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	439 Ma Silurian
Phaenopora expansa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phaenopora explanata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	441 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Phaenopora fimbriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phaenopora incipiens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phaenopora lindstromi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phaenopora multifida ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Phaenopora similis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Middle Ordovician
Phaenopora twenhofeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phaenopora wilmingtonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1851	Phaenopora Hall
1911	Phaenopora Bassler
1965	Fimbriapora Astrova
1978	Fimbriapora Volkova et al.
2002	Phaenopora Sepkoski, Jr.
2012	Phaenopora Ernst and Nakrem
2019	Phaenopora Ernst et al. p. 641

References

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

Bassler R. S. (1911) The early Paleozoic Bryozoa of the Baltic Provinces, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 77, 1-375

Volkova K. N., Latypov Y. Y., et al (1978) Ordovik i silur Yuzhnogo Verkhoyanya (biostratigrafiya i paleontologiya) [The Ordovician and Silurian of the southern Verkhoyansk Range (biostratigraphy and paleontology)], Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki 381, 3-219

Ernst A., Nakrem H. A. (2012) Late Ordovician (Sandbian) bryozoans and their depositional environment, Furuberget Formation, Mjøsa District, Oslo Region, Norway, Bulletin of Geosciences 87 1, 21-44

Ernst A., Brett C. E., et al (2019) Bryozoan fauna from the Reynales Formation (lower Silurian, Aeronian) of New York, USA, Journal of Paleontology 93, 628-657

GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR Service - 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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