Proaulopora

Proaulopora is a Cambrian–Ordovician fossil genus of calcareous algae. It has been variously thought to belong to the green algae, red algae or cyanobacteria. It was originally established by the Russian paleontologist Aleksandr Grigoryevich Vologdin in 1937, for species known from the Lower Cambrian of the western Altai Mountains.[2][3]

Proaulopora
Temporal range: Lower Cambrian–Upper Ordovician
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Kingdom:
Eubacteria
Superphylum:
Terrabacteria
Phylum:
Cyanobacteria (?)
Order:
†Proauloporales

Luchinina, 1975[1]
Family:
†Proauloporaceae

Korde, 1969
Genus:
†Proaulopora

Vologdin in Krasnopeeva, 1937
Type species
Proaulopora rarissima
Vologdin, 1937
Synonyms[2]
  • Amganella Reitlinger, 1959
  • Palaeonites Maslov, 1956
  • Tubophyllum Krasnopeeva, 1955
  • Vologdinella Korde, 1957

In some older classifications of fossil algae genera, Proaulopora is placed in the family Proauloporaceae in order Proauloporales.[1][4]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[5]

  • Proaulopora glabra Krasnopeeva, 1937 (Synonyms: Epiphyton (?) jacutii Maslov, 1937; Tubophyllum victori Krasnopeeva, 1955; Palaeonites jacutii Maslov, 1956; Vologdinella fragile Korde, 1957)
  • Proaulopora rarissima Vologdin, 1937 (Synonym: Proaulopora sajanica Korde, 1960)
  • Proaulopora pachydermatica Liu, Wu, Yang & Riding, 2016[3]

As Vologdinella K.B. Korde, the following species are listed on AlgaeBase:[6]

  • Vologdinella fragilis Korde
  • Vologdinella grandis Korde
  • Vologdinella pulchra Korde

As Proaulopora is not listed on AlgaeBase, it is unknown whether the above species have been transferred to the genus or have become synonyms.

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References
  1. Luchinina, V. А. (1975). Палеоальгологическая характерiiстика раннего кембрия сибирской платформы [Palaeoalgological characteristics of the Early Cambrian of the Siberian Platform] (PDF). USSR Academy of Sciences, Transactions of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk (in Russian). 216: 1–99.
  2. Riding, R. (1991). "Cambrian Calcareous Cyanobacteria and Algae". In Riding, R. (ed.). Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 305–334. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-52335-9_16. ISBN 978-3-642-52337-3.
  3. Liu, Lijing; Wu, Yasheng; Yang, Haijun; Riding, Robert (2016). "Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (3): 183–210. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1030128.
  4. Pospelov, A.G.; Pelman, Yu L.; Zhuravleva, L.T.; Luchinina, V.A.; Kuznetsova, V.G.; Esakova, N.V.; Ermak, V.V.; Akasarina, N.A. (1995). "Biostratigraphy of the Kiya Rives section". Annales de Paleontologie. 81 (4): 169–237.
  5. Luchinina, V. А. (1971). "R систематике рода Proaulopora Vologdin". In Voszhennikova, Т. Р. (ed.). Водоросли палеозоя и мезозоя Сибири. К III Международной палинологической конференции. [Algae of the Рaleozoic and Mezozoic of Siberia. For the III-d International Conference оп Palynology] (in Russian). Moscow: Nauka. pp. 5–8.
  6. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2018). "Vologdinella K.B.Korde". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

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