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Manipora

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae

Taxonomy
Manipora was named by Sinclair (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 160]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Paleofavositinae by Hill (1981); to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Halysitidae by Bondarenko and Ulitina (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Manipora Sinclair
1981Manipora Hill
2002Manipora Sepkoski
2009Manipora Bondarenko and Ulitina p. 1443

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
suborderHalysitinaSokolov 1947
familyHalysitidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
genusManiporaSinclair 1955

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Manipora Sinclair 1955
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Manipora magna Flower 1961
Manipora trapezoidalis Flower 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Richmondian or 451.00000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (New Mexico) M. amicarum, M. magna (80619)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Texas) M. amicarum, M. magna, M. trapezoidalis (80618)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) M. amicarum, M. feildeni (13656) M. amicarum, M. irregularis, M. feildeni (13654 13655)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) M. sp. (34813)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) M. amicarum (28019)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) M. sp. (27112)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) M. amicarum (23011 23018 23023 23026 23031) M. amicarum, M. irregularis (23024)