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Genus Proaulopora
Name: Proaulopora Vologdin 1938
Etymology: Pro.au.lo.po’ra. Gr. prep. pro, before; N.L. fem. n. Aulopora, an extinct coral genus; N.L. fem. n. Proaulopora, before Aulopora
Gender: feminine (stem: Proaulopor-)
Type species: Proaulopora rarissima Vologdin 1938
Valid publication: Krasnopeeva PS. Vodorosli i arkheotsiaty drevnejshikh tolshch Potekhinskogo plansheta Khakassii [Algae and Archaeocyatha of the ancient strata of Potekhinsky square of Khakassia]. Materialy po geologii Krasnojarskogo kraja 1938; 1937:1-51.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Vologdinella Korde 1957 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Proauloporaceae Korde 1973. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli Kembriya [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
- 🧕 Korde (1973) assigned this genus to the family Proauloporaceae Korde 1973. Publication: Korde KB. Vodorosli kembrija [Cambrian Algae]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 1973; 139:1-349.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Peoaulopora"; "Proalopora"; "Proaulapora"; "Proaulspora"; "Proauslopora"; "Proautopora"; "Prosulopora".
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Vologdin) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Krasnopeeva).
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 12
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Proaulopora composita Korde 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora crassa Korde 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora extincta Korde 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora flexuosa Korde 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora glabra Krasnopeeva 1938 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora longa Korde 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora microspora Korde 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora ordosia Liu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora pachydermatica Liu et al. 2016 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora rarissima Vologdin 1938 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora recta Korde 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Proaulopora sajanica Korde 1960 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898
Assigned by:
Liu L, Wu Y, Bao H, Jiang H, Zheng L, Chen Y. Diversity and systematics of Middle-Late Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from Ordos Basin, North China. Journal of Paleontology 2021; 95:1-23. 
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Record number: 39742
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