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The fenestrate bryozoan Septopora carbonaria (Etheridge Jun. 1873a) from the Carboniferous of Great Britain
Author(s) -
Bancroft Adrian J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350220102
Subject(s) - carboniferous , synonym (taxonomy) , genus , biology , zoology , type species , paleontology , evolutionary biology , structural basin
The Carboniferous fenestrate bryozoan Synocladia carbonaria Etheridge Jun. (1873a) is redescribed. Originally assigned to Synocladia and subsequently diagnosed as a variety of Synocladia biserialis Swallow by Etheridge Jun. (1873b), S. carbonaria is here considered to be a distinct species. Synocladia (?) scotica Young and Young (1878) is conspecific with S. carbonaria , as suggested by Graham (1975). Graham (1975) established the new genus Lanarkopora , naming S. carbonaria and S. (?) scotica in synonomy, with S. carbonaria , the senior synonym, being selected as the type species. Re‐examination of the type material of S. carbonaria and S. (?) scotica has shown that they are referable to the genus Septopora Meek, and Lanarkopora is herein designated a junior synonym of Septopora .