Type species: Prasopora grayae Nicholson & Etheridge, 1877
| Synonyms | Author | Type Species |
|---|---|---|
| Prasoporella | Vinassa de Regny, 1915 | Prasopora carnica Vinassa de Regny, 1920 |
| Prasoporina | Bassler, 1952 | Monticulipora selwynii Nicholson, 1881 |
Aspidopora has also been synonymised with Prasopora, but this is dubious.
This genus includes the species:
| Prasopora affinis | Foord, 1883 | Late Ordovician Caradoc | Canada, USA |
| Prasopora argentina | Carrera, 2003 | Middle Ordovician | Argentina |
| Prasopora calycula | (James, 1875) | Late Ordovician Caradoc | USA (Kentucky) |
| Prasopora carnica | Vinassa de Regny, 1915 | Late Ordovician Caradoc | Italy |
| Prasopora clariondi | Termier & Termier, 1950 | Ordovician Llandeilian-Caradocian | Morocco |
| Prasopora codonophylloides | Yang & Xia, 1976 | Early Silurian | China (Yunnan) |
| Prasopora contigua | Ulrich, 1886 | Late Ordovician Caradoc | USA (Minnesota, Maryland, Kentucky) |
| Prasopora discula | Coryell, 1921 | Late Ordovician Caradoc | USA (Tennessee, Alabama) |
| Prasopora donensis | Parks & Dyer, 1922 | Late Ordovician Caradoc | Canada (Ontario) |
| Prasopora eccentrica | (James, 1882) | Late Ordovician Caradoc | USA (Ohio) |
| Prasopora elegantula | (Ulrich, 1893) | Ordovician | USA (Minnesota) |
| Prasopora esthonica | Modzalevskaya, 1953 | Ordovician | Estonia, Russia, Belarus |
| Prasopora falesi | (James, 1884) | Ordovician | USA (Kentucky) |
| Prasopora filmorensis | Ulrich, 1895 | Late Ordovician Caradoc | USA (Minnesota, Michigan) |
| Prasopora? fistuliporoides | Vinassa de Regny, 1910 | Late Ordovician Caradoc | Italy (Sardinia) |
| Prasopora gotlandica | Hennig, 1908 | Silurian | Sweden (Gotland) |
| Prasopora grandis | (Ulrich, 1886) | Ordovician | USA, Canada |
| Prasopora grayae | Nicholson & Etheridge, 1877 | Ordovician | Scotland, Wales |
| Prasopora hybrida | Fritz, 1957 | Ordovician | Canada |
| Prasopora insularis | Ulrich, 1895 | Ordovician | USA, Canada |
| Prasopora isolata | Caley, 1936 | Ordovician | Canda, Russia, Mongolia |
| Prasopora juvenalis | Modzalevskaya, 1979 | L. Silurian | Russia |
| Prasopora kasakhstanica | Pushkin, 1991 | Ordovician | Kazakhstan |
| Prasopora lenticularis | Ulrich, 1893 | Ordovician | USA (Minn.) |
| Prasopora megacystata | McKinney, 1971 | Ordovician | USA (Alabama) |
| Prasopora mesoporosa | Fritz, 1957 | Ordovician | Canada |
| Prasopora newberryi | (Nicholson, 1875) | Ordovician | USA Ohio, Canada |
| Prasopora nodosa | Ulrich, 1883 | Ordovician | USA (Kentucky, Tennessee) |
| Prasopora oculata | (Foord, 1883) | Late Ordovician Caradoc | Canada, USA |
| Prasopora orientalis | Ulrich, 1895 | Ordovician | Canada, USA |
| Prasopora palaris | Pushkin, 1991 | Ordovician | Kazakhstan |
| Prasopora? parmula | Foerste, 1887 | Silurian | USA |
| Prasopora patera | Pushkin, 1991 | Late Ordovician Caradoc | USA (Tennessee) |
| Prasopora prismatica | Fritz, 1957 | Ordovician | Canada |
| Prasopora propria | Modzalevskaya, 1979 | L. Silurian | Russia |
| Prasopora richmondensis | Fritz, 1976 | Ordovician | Canada |
| Prasopora sanfordi | Sparling, 1964 | Ordovician | USA (Michigan) |
| Prasopora sardesoni | Sparling, 1964 | Ordovician | USA (Michigan) |
| Prasopora selwyni (Type species of Prasoporina) |
(Nicholson, 1879) | Ordovician | Canada, USA |
| Prasopora semioculata | (Fritz, 1957) | Late Ordovician Caradoc | Canada (Quebec) |
| Prasopora shawi | Sparling, 1964 | Ordovician | USA (Michigan) |
| Prasopora similis | Fritz, 1957 | Ordovician | Canada |
| Prasopora simulatrix | Ulrich, 1886 | Ordovician | USA (Minnesota) |
| Prasopora thorali | Prantl, 1940 | Ordovician | France, Wales |
| Prasopora vacua | (Fritz, 1957) | Late Ordovician Caradoc | Canada (Ontario) |
| Prasopora wittenburgi | Astrova, 1965 | Ordovician | Russia |
| Prasopora yushanensis | Hu, 1986 | Ordovician | China (Jiangxi) |
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.
Prasopora from Cincinnati region: at University of Georgia.
Prasopora from Nashville region: at University of Georgia.
Prasopora simulatrix from the Ordovician of Kentucky - at Yale Peabody Natural History Museum.
Prasopora. At Mohawk Valley Fossils, Union College Geology Department
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