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Onychocellidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Onychocellidae Jullien
1953Onychocellidae Bassler p. G168
1958Onychocellidae Brown
1962Onychocellidae Cheetham p. 324
1999Onychocellidae Gordon and Taylor
2000Onychocellidae Pouyet
2003Onychocellidae Schmidt
2003Onychocellidae Zágoršek and Kroh p. 402
2006Onychocellidae Berning p. 40
2006Onychocellidae Bock
2012Onychocellidae Gordon p. 5
2013Onychocellidae Di Martino and Taylor p. 87
2014Onychocellidae Di Martino and Taylor
2015Onychocellidae Gordon and Taylor
2017Onychocellidae Taylor and Martha p. 26
2020Onychocellidae Koromyslova and Seltser p. 701

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyOnychocellidaeJullien 1882
familyOnychocellidaeJullien 1882

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Onychocellidae Jullien 1882
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G. †Aechmella Canu and Bassler 1917
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Aechmella ambigua MacGillivray 1895
Aechmella depressa MacGillivray 1895
Aechmella poluzzii Moissette 1988
Aechmella rangiauriensis Taylor and Gordon 2007
G. †Cheethamia Shaw 1967
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Cheethamia aktolagayensis Koromyslova et al. 2018
Cheethamia dividia Håkansson et al. 2024
Cheethamia volgaensis Koromyslova and Seltser 2020
G. Chondriovelum Hayward and Thorpe 1988
G. †Collura Jullien 1882
G. †Dictuonia Jullien 1881
G. †Distefanella Cipolla 1922
G. †Ehrhardina Martha and Taylor 2016
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Ehrhardina pikeae Martha and Taylor 2016
Ehrhardina voigti Martha and Taylor 2016
G. †Euritina Canu 1900
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Euritina denticulata Roemer 1840
G. Floridina Jullien 1881
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Floridina asymmetrica Canu and Bassler 1920
Floridina elegans Gordon and Taylor 2015
Floridina pentagonus Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
G. Floridinella Canu and Bassler 1917
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Floridinella australiensis Canu and Bassler 1935
G. †Holsacella Voigt 1999
G. †Hoplitaechmella Voigt 1949
G. †Inversaria von Hagenow 1851
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Inversaria gondwanae Gordon and Taylor 1999
G. †Latereschara d'Orbigny 1852
G. †Matyashegyella Zagorsek 2001
G. †Nudicella Schmidt and Bone 2004
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Nudicella dissidens Håkansson et al. 2024
Nudicella fossilis Gordon and Taylor 1999
G. †Nudonychocella Voigt and Ernst 1985
G. †Ogiva Jullien 1881
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Ogiva concamerata Waters 1881
Ogiva ellinorvoigtae Martha et al. 2015
Ogiva elongata Canu and Bassler 1935
Ogiva incompta Gordon and Taylor 1999
Ogiva promonturiorum Voigt 1924
G. Onychocella Jullien 1882
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Onychocella cyclostoma Goldfuss 1826
Onychocella depressa von Hagenow 1851
Onychocella lamellosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
Onychocella michaudiana d'Orbigny 1850
Onychocella reussi Prantl 1938
Onychocella spinifera Voigt 1981
Onychocella subtriangulata Gordon and Taylor 2015
Onychocella torquata Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
Invalid names: Reptocelleporaria D'Orbigny [synonym]
G. †Onychocellaria Voigt 1957
G. †Otiochmella Zagorsek 2003
G. †Paraechmellina Håkansson et al. 2024
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Paraechmellina simulata Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Pseudolunulites Cook and Voigt 1986
G. †Radulopora Voigt 1968
G. †Rectonychocella Canu and Bassler 1917
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Rectonychocella dimorphocella Canu and Bassler 1935
G. †Reptolunulites d'Orbigny 1852
G. †Rhagasostoma Koschinsky 1885
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Rhagasostoma angliae Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma aralense Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma brydonei Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma gibbosulum Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma gibbosum Marsson 1887
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Invalid names: Rhagasostoma subgibbosum Brydone 1930 [synonym]
Rhagasostoma inelegans Lonsdale 1850
Rhagasostoma infelix Håkansson et al. 2024
Rhagasostoma mimosa Brydone 1930
Rhagasostoma minuens Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma operculatum Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma rowei Brydone 1906
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Invalid names: Eschara volgensis Eichwald 1865 [synonym]
Rhagasostoma saltans Brydone 1930
Rhagasostoma tchvanovi Favorskaya 1992
Invalid names: Rhagasostoma gibbosum weybournensis Brydone 1930 [synonym]
G. †Rhebasia Jullien 1882
G. †Semieschara d'Orbigny 1852
G. Smittipora Jullien 1882
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Invalid names: Diplopholeous [synonym], Velumella [synonym]
G. †Solenonychocella Voigt and Williams 1973
G. †Tornipora Jürgensen 1971
G. †Virgocella Voigt 1957
G. †Woodipora Jullien 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: mean weight-% MgCO3=8.5 based on 4 specimensf
Created: 2008-02-26 05:49:32
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:49:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (166 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Inversaria orbicularis (1816)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ehrhardina voigti (220517 220518)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Ehrhardina pikeae (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ehrhardina voigti (220514) Euritina denticulata (220520) Euritina sp., Ehrhardina voigti (220519)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Aechmella sp., Onychocella sp. (220516)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Latereschara achates, Onychocella novaki, Onychocella reussi (90518) Onychocella novaki, Onychocella reussi (90517)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma brydonei (216925)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma brydonei, Rhagasostoma minuens (216926)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Onychocella acis, Onychocella aegon, Onychocella cyntia (3785)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Algeria Membranipora ambigua (71826)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Onychocella sp. (3736)
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand Aechmella rangiauriensis (63092)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma inelegans (216921) Rhagasostoma minuens (216927)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Onychocella depressa, Onychocella michaudiana, Onychocella pseudoirregularis, Onychocella reussi, Onychocella cyclostoma (61374)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Ogiva ellinorvoigtae, Ogiva promonturiorum (175914)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Flustra inelegans (216920)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany Ogiva ellinorvoigtae, Ogiva promonturiorum (175916) Ogiva promonturiorum (175915 175917)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Onychocella aegle, Onychocella santonensis, Semieschara norvicia, Smittipora sp. (3786)
Santonian - Maastrichtian85.7 - 66.0Russian Federation (Ulyanovsk) Eschara volgensis (216948 216949)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma operculatum (216938)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Onychocella claudia, Onychocella girondina, Semieschara norvicia (3787) Rhagasostoma minuens (216930)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Ogiva promonturiorum (112629)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Aechmella ozanensis (90501)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) Rhagasostoma aralense (216936)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) Rhagasostoma minuens (216931)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Rhagasostoma inelegans (216922)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma inelegans (216899) Rhagasostoma minuens (216928 216929)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belarus Rhagasostoma gibbosulum, Rhagasostoma inelegans, Rhagasostoma gibbosum, Rhagasostoma rowei (216924)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Rhagasostoma angliae (216934)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma angliae (216932 216933) Rhagasostoma gibbosulum (216941)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Kazakhstan Rhagasostoma gibbosum, Rhagasostoma rowei (216940)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma rowei (216951)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Rhagasostoma angliae (216935)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) Onychocella tchvanovi, Rhagasostoma rowei (216942) Rhagasostoma aralense, Onychocella tchvanovi (216937)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Hainaut) Rhagasostoma rowei (216947)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Onychocella schopforum (87374)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Cheethamia dividia (235529 235530) Floridinella sp., Paraechmellina simulata (235527) Floridinella sp., Paraechmellina simulata, Cheethamia dividia, Rhagasostoma infelix (235528) Nudicella dissidens, Cheethamia dividia (235532) Rhagasostoma infelix (235531)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation (Saratov) Hoplitaechmella sp. 1, Hoplitaechmella sp. 2, Cheethamia aktolagayensis, Cheethamia volgaensis (215304) Rhagasostoma saltans (215305)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma minuens, Rhagasostoma angliae, Eschara rowei, Rhagasostoma gibbosum (159329)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) Rhagasostoma gibbosulum, Rhagasostoma gibbosum (216939)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Cheethamia howei (90500)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Onychocella spinifera (123187)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma rowei (216950 216952)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Aechmella sp., Reptolunulites sp. (87393)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) Euritina tecta (83261 83297)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Aechmella pindborgi, Aechmella latistoma, Floridina gothica, Onychocella columella, Smittipora prismatica (2964) Floridina gothica (226854) Onychocella irregularis, Onychocella faxensis, Rhagasostoma elegans, Rhagasostoma nysti (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) Onychocella disparilis (87001 87002)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Sweden Aechmella pindborgi, Aechmella tenuis, Floridina gothica, Floridina sp., Floridina voigti, Onychocella ravni, Onychocella columella, Onychocella poulseni, Smittipora prismatica, Smittipora sp. (69603)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Euritina torta (84051)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Hoplitaechmella sp., Onychocella sp., Inversaria gondwanae, Chondriovelum fossilis, Ogiva incompta, Onychocella lamellosa (7221)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Floridina sp., Floridina elegans, Onychocella subtriangulata (172944)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71India (Gujarat) Onychocella torquata (177175)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Onychocella subpyriformis (3263)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71India Onychocella torquata (178700)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Floridina antiqua, Smittipora tenuis (7331)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Floridina antiqua (7332) Floridina antiqua, Smittipora sagittellaria, Smittipora elliptica, Smittipora plicata (7330) Floridina bifoliata, Smittipora elliptica, Smittipora plicata (7321) Smittipora elliptica (7329) Smittipora fusiformis, Smittipora tenuis, Smittipora levigata (7322 7324) Smittipora tenuis (7327) Smittipora tenuis, Smittipora levigata (7325)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Floridina asymmetrica (90479)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Smittipora tenuis, Smittipora levigata (7318)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Floridina granulosa, Floridina bifoliata, Onychocella celsa, Rectonychocella tenuis (84174)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Floridina antiqua (90565)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Floridina antiqua, Rhagasostoma levigata (90563) Floridinella vicksburgica (90528 90549 90550 90561 90562) Rectonychocella tenuis (90548)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Aechmella ambigua, Ogiva concamerata (173510) Aechmella depressa (173521) Ogiva concamerata (173509 173512 173526 173527) Onychocella sp., Ogiva concamerata (173508)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Aechmella depressa (173516) Aechmella depressa, Aechmella ambigua (173517 173519 173522) Aechmella depressa, Aechmella ambigua, Ogiva concamerata (173520) Ogiva concamerata (173502 173504 173506 173511 173528) Ogiva concamerata, Ogiva elongata (173525) Ogiva elongata (173518)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45India (Gujarat) Onychocella torquata, Floridina pentagonus (177173)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia Smittipora sp. (211331)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Onychocella torquata, Floridina pentagonus (178702)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Onychocella angulosa (47007)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Onychocella sp. (188985)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Indonesia Smittipora sp. (173652)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Omoiosia elongata, Rectonychocella dimorphocella, Floridinella australiensis (174139)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia Onychocella angulosa (178887 178888 178890 178892 178893 178894 178898)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania Onychocella angulosa (178090)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Velumella depressa (166365)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Onychocella angulosa (34739)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia Smittipora cordiformis (173658)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Smittipora levinseni (61342)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain Onychocella angulosa (177482 177483 177485 177486 178465) Onychocella angulosa, Aechmella poluzzii (177481)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Indonesia Smittipora cordiformis (173657)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Onychocella angulosa (34723 34724 70928)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Onychocella angulosa (70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Onychocella angulosa, Aechmella poluzzii (177487) Onychocella simile (56687)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Onychocella angulosa (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Onychocella angulosa (177490 177491) Onychocella angulosa, Aechmella poluzzii (177489)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Smittipora levinseni (79983)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Smittipora levinseni (79998)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece Onychocella angulosa (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Onychocella marioni (146293)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Floridina minima (79835) Floridinella parvula, Onychocella angulosa (79842) Smittipora acutirostris, Onychocella angulosa (79845)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Smittipora levinseni (97606 97607 97608 97609 97610)