Species
Palaeocyclus porpita (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonymy list
1714     Fossile querfurtense — Buttner , pp. 25, fig. 3:5
1728     Fungitarum capitula — Bromel , pp. 446, fig. a, h
1749     Madrepora simplex, orbicularis etc. — Fougt , pp. 91, fig. 4:5
1767     Madrepora porpita  — Linnaeus , pp. 1272
1801     Cyclolites numismalis — Lamarck , pp. 369
1820     Porpites hemisphaericus — Schlotheim , pp. 349
1821     Madreporites porpita — Wahlenberg , pp. 95
1837     Cyclolites numismalis — Hisinger , pp. 100, fig. 28:5
1850     Palaeocyclus porpita — Milne-Edwards et Haime , pp. 66
1867     Cyathophyllum porpita — Dunkan , pp. 653
Selection of related publications
Jeppsson, L., Calner, M., Eriksson, M. 2005. Locality descriptions.  Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Rapporter och Meddelanden   121,      22-47.
Neuman, B. E. E. 1988. Some aspects of life strategies of Early Palaeozoic rugose corals.  Lethaia   21,   2,   97-114. DOI:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1988.tb02061.x
Brood, K. 1981. Hirnantian (Upper Ordovician) Bryozoa from Baltoscandia.  Recent and Fossil Bryozoa: Papers Presented at the 5° International Conference on Bryozoa, pp. 19-27.   Olsen & Olsen. 
Dybowski,  W. 1874. Monographie der Zoantharia sclerodermata rugosa aus der Silurformation Estlands, Nord-Livlands und der Insel Gotland, nebst einer Synopsis aller palaezoischen Gattungen  dieser Abtheilung und einer Synonymik der dazu gehörigen, bereits bekannten Arten.  Archiv für die Naturkunde Liv-, Ehst- und Kurlands   5,   3,   257-414.  Heinrich Laakmann. 
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Classification
| Organism group | Biota | 
| Kingdom | Animalia | 
| Phylum | Cnidaria | 
| Subphylum | Anthozoa | 
| Subclass | Rugosa | 
| Order | Cystiphyllida | 
| Family | Palaeocyclidae | 
| Genus | Palaeocyclus | 
| Species | porpita | 
References based on distribution
- Neuman, 1988 Nyhamn, Gotland
- Neuman, 1988 Oslo depression Silurian
- Neuman, 1988 Adavere Stage
- Dybowski, 1874a Visby, Gotland Silurian
- Brood, 1981a Vattenfallet, Visby, Gotland Wenlock
- Jeppsson et al., 2005b Lusklint, Gotland