Amplexopora Ulrich, 1882

Type species: Atactopora septosa Ulrich, 1879 (see Boardman 1960)

Synonyms Author Type species
Acanthotrypella Vinassa de Regny, 1921 Batostoma variabile Ulrich, 1890

This genus includes the species:

Amplexopora ampla Ulrich & Bassler, 1904 U. Ordovician USA
Amplexopora angusta Astrova, 1965 M. Ordovician Russia ?
Amplexopora angustiformis Pushkin, 1976 M. Ordovician Russia
Amplexopora arctica Twenhofel, 1938 Ordovician Canada
Amplexopora bona Modzalevskaya, 1977 L. Ordovician Russia
Amplexopora brownsportensis Corneliussen & Perry, 1973 M. Silurian USA (Tennessee)
Amplexopora cingulata Ulrich, 1882 Ordovician USA
Amplexopora columbiana Ulrich & Bassler, 1904 U. Ordovician USA
Amplexopora convoluta Bassler, 1932 Ordovician USA (Tennessee)
Amplexopora crassata Liu, 1980 L/M. Devonian China
Amplexopora cylindracea Ulrich & Bassler, 1904 U. Ordovician USA
Amplexopora devonica Nekhoroshev, 1948 Devonian Altai
Amplexopora discoidea (Nicholson, 1874) U. Ordovician USA
Amplexopora? discoidea
(homonym)
Owen, 1966 L. Carboniferous (Vis.) England
Amplexopora elongata (Caley, 1936) U. Ordovician Canada
Amplexopora evenensis Phillips Ross, 1965 L. Carboniferous England (Shropshire)
Amplexopora filiasa (d'Orbigny, 1850) U. Ordovician USA
Amplexopora gigantea Termier & Termier, 1971 U. Devonian Afghanistan
Amplexopora glengarria Fritz, 1957 Ordovician Canada
Amplexopora glengarria shermanensis Fritz, 1957 Ordovician Canada
Amplexopora? grandis Bork & Perry, 1968 Ordovician USA
Amplexopora granulosa Cummings & Galloway, 1913 Ordovician USA (Indiana)
Amplexopora inacifera Kopajevich, 1984 U. Ordovician Mongolia
Amplexopora insularis Astrova, 1965 M. Ordovician Russia ?
Amplexopora minnesotensis Ulrich, 1893 U. Ordovician USA (Minnesota)
Amplexopora? minusinensis Schoenmann, 1926 M. Devonian Russia (Tunguska)
Amplexopora multitabulata Troedsson, 1929 U. Ordovician Greenland
Amplexopora obducta Astrova, 1959 Silurian Russia ?
Amplexopora parva Utgaard & Perry, 1964 U. Ordovician USA (Indiana, Ohio)
Amplexopora persimilis Nickles, 1905 U. Ordovician USA
Amplexopora perversa Caley, 1936 Ordovician Canada (Ontario)
Amplexopora petasiformis (Nicholson, 1881) U. Ordovician USA (Ohio)
Amplexopora petasiformis welchi (James, 1882) U. Ordovician USA (Ohio)
Amplexopora prantli (Pouba, 1947) U. Ordovician Czech Rep.
Amplexopora pulchra Troedsson, 1929 U. Ordovician Greenland
Amplexopora pumila Cummings & Galloway, 1913 Ordovician USA (Indiana)
Amplexopora pustulosa Ulrich, 1890 U. Ordovician USA (Ohio)
Amplexopora queenstownensis Ross, 1961 Ordovician Australia (Tas.)
Amplexopora ramosa Yaroshinskaya, 1990 Silurian Russia
Amplexopora robusta Ulrich, 1882 U. Ordovician USA
Amplexopora septosa (Ulrich, 1879) U. Ordovician USA
Amplexopora silurica Astrova, 1970 L. Silurian Ukraine
Amplexopora similis Astrova, 1957 U. Silurian (Wen.) Russia
Amplexopora simplicissima Modzalevskaya, 1978 U. Silurian Russia
Amplexopora spinulosa Ulrich, 1893 U. Ordovician USA, Canada
Amplexopora subaequata (Ulrich, 1895) U. Ordovician USA (Minn.)
Amplexopora subseptosa Modzalevskaya, 1979 U. Silurian Russia
Amplexopora superba Foord, 1883 U. Ordovician USA, Canada
Amplexopora tezakensis Termier & Termier, 1971 L. Permian Afghanistan
Amplexopora thomasi Ross, 1963 Ordovician England
Amplexopora valentinae Astrova, 1965 M. Ordovician Russia ?
Amplexopora variabilis (Ulrich, 1890) U. Ordovician USA

This information is based upon various sources, but no personal knowledge. I am indebted to the late Alan Horowitz for his compilation, and to Dr. J. Pachut.
I would be grateful for corrections to, or critical reviews of this information. This is not a 'final' version (an impossible ideal), but a working document.

Amplexopora from Cincinnati region: at University of Georgia.
Amplexopora from Nashville region: at University of Georgia.


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