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Metasinopora ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Sinoporidae : Metasinopora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporida : Sinoporidae : Metasinopora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Metasinopora Kim, 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | in Xinan Dizhi Kexue Yanji, [Fossils of the south west Sichuan fence. Volume 2.] Dizhi Chuban She, Peking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Auloporida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Auloporida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | Y. Ding. 1987. Some new species of Early Permian corals from Ulanqab Meng, Inner Mongolia. Diceng Gushengwu Lunwen Ji = Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 17:277-296 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Metasinopora crassa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Metasinopora fibriformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1978 | Metasinopora Kim |
1987 | Metasinopora Ding |
References
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!