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Romancheinidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Romancheinidae Jullien
1997Romancheinidae Lee et al.
1999Romancheinidae Gordon and Taylor
2003Romancheinidae Schmidt
2006Romancheinidae Berning p. 62
2006Romancheinidae Bock
2007Romancheinidae Guha and Gopikrishna
2015Romancheinidae Di Martino and Taylor
2015Romancheinidae Gordon and Taylor
2021Romancheinidae Brezina et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
infraorderUmbonulomorphaGordon 1989
superfamilyLepralielloideaVigneaux 1949
familyRomancheinidaeJullien 1888
familyRomancheinidaeJullien 1888

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. †Romancheinidae Jullien 1888
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Subg. †Escharella (Dialytostoma) Cossmann 1888
†Escharella ashapuraae Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Escharella elongata Canu and Bassler 1935
†Escharella fistula Brown 1952
†Escharella reussiana Busk 1859
†Escharella serrulata Reuss 1848
Invalid names: Mucronella [synonym]
G. Escharoides Milne Edwards 1836
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Escharoides angela Hutton 1873
Escharoides coccinea Abildgaard 1806
†Escharoides crassa Gordon and Taylor 1999
†Escharoides cuneiformis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Escharoides duplicata Waters 1881
†Escharoides erecta Canu and Bassler 1935
Escharoides excavata MacGillivray 1860
†Escharoides megalota Reuss 1848
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Invalid names: Escharoides carboneli David et al. 1972 [synonym], Lepralia fulgurans Manzoni 1869 [synonym]
†Escharoides multispinosa Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Escharoides osburni Brown 1958
†Escharoides suggestus Brown 1952
Invalid names: Peristomella [synonym]
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†Exochella abigailae Gordon and Taylor 2015
†Exochella gracilis Gordon and Taylor 1999
†Exochella grandis Canu and Bassler 1935
†Exochella jellyae Brown 1952
†Exochella linearis Gordon and Taylor 2015
†Exochella reidae Gordon and Taylor 2015
Exochella tricuspis Hincks 1881
†Exochella woodae Gordon and Taylor 2015
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†Hemicyclopora dissidens Gordon and Taylor 2015
†Hemicyclopora ventricosa Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. Hippopleurifera Canu and Bassler 1927
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†Hippopleurifera australis Gordon and Taylor 1999
†Hippopleurifera benmoussai El Hajjaji 1992
†Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis Cheetham 1962
†Hippopleurifera sedgwicki Milne Edwards 1836
†Hippopleurifera surgens Manzoni 1875
G. †Ochetosella Canu and Bassler 1917
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†Ochetosella jacksonica Canu and Bassler 1917
†Ochetosella parva Cheetham 1962
†Ochetosella robusta Canu and Bassler 1920
G. Perigastrella Canu and Bassler 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: 61.3% calcite with 7.5% MgCO3 on average based on 10 specimens f
Created: 2008-02-27 06:39:18
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:39:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Bock 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (112 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Escharoides erymnos (90501)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Oklahoma) Escharoides nomas, Escharoides sp. (90502)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Balantiostoma sp. (87393)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Escharoides danei (90500)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (La Pampa) Balantiostoma elongata (220764)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Sweden Balantiostoma vallata (69603)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) Balantiostoma sp. (220769)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Río Negro) Balantiostoma sp., Balantiostoma spectabilis, Balantiostoma elongata (220766)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8New Zealand (Chatham Island) Hippopleurifera australis, Exochella gracilis, Escharoides crassa (7221)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6New Zealand (Chatham Island) Hemicyclopora ventricosa, Exochella abigailae, Exochella reidae, Exochella woodae, Exochella linearis (172944)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Gujarat) Escharoides cuneiformis, Escharoides multispinosa (177176)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India Escharoides cuneiformis, Escharoides multispinosa (178699)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Mucronella angustocecium (42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Escharoides erectus, Hippopleurifera costulata, Perigastrella ovoidea (7332) Hippopleurifera crassicollis, Hippopleurifera incondita (7328) Hippopleurifera incondita, Hippopleurifera crassicollis, Perigastrella depressa (7321) Hippopleurifera incondita, Hippopleurifera crassicollis, Perigastrella tubulosa, Perigastrella ovoidea, Ochetosella jacksonica (7330) Hippopleurifera ligulata, Hippopleurifera moodysbranchensis, Hippopleurifera punctata (7325) Hippopleurifera radicata, Hippopleurifera crassicollis, Hippopleurifera incondita (7324) Hippopleurifera radicata, Hippopleurifera incondita, Hippopleurifera crassicollis (7322)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Hippopleurifera costulata, Hippopleurifera crassicollis, Hippopleurifera incondita, Perigastrella ovoidea, Perigastrella trapezoidea (7331) Hippopleurifera rotula (7316) Hippopleurifera rotula, Hippopleurifera moodysbranchensis, Perigastrella oscitans (7317)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Hippopleurifera punctata (7318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) Escharella sp., Escharoides sp., Exochella sp. 1, Romancheinidae indet. (172816) Escharella sp., Exochella sp. 1, Exochella sp. 2, Hemicyclopora sp. (172815)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Mucronella granulosa, Perigastrella oscitans, Perigastrella rectilineata, Peristomella laticella, Ochetosella jacksonica (84174)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Hippopleurifera incondita, Perigastrella elegans, Ochetosella jacksonica (160397) Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis, Ochetosella parva (90479) Perigastrella sp., Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis, Ochetosella parva (90480)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Escharoides suggestus (173838)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Perigastrella ovoidea (90551) Perigastrella plana (90563) Perigastrella plana, Perigastrella costellifera, Peristomella coccinea (90561 90562) Perigastrella plana, Peristomella erecta (90549) Peristomella coccinea (90528)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Perigastrella plana (90565)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Escharoides angela, Escharella fistula (173837)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Escharella elongata (173521) Escharella elongata, Escharoides duplicata, Escharoides erecta, Escharoides osburni (173508) Escharella elongata, Escharoides duplicata, Escharoides osburni (173512) Escharoides duplicata (173527)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Exochella tricuspis (173832)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Escharoides erecta (174144 174148 174150 174152) Mucronella elongata (174154)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Escharella elongata, Escharoides duplicata (173502 173504 173511) Escharella elongata, Escharoides duplicata, Escharoides osburni (173506)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Colombia Escharoides martae, Hippopleurifera sp. 1 (211332) Hippopleurifera sp. 1 (211333) Hippopleurifera sp. 1, Hippopleurifera mucronata (211331)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Hippopleurifera sp. 2 (211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Escharella ashapurae (178702)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Hippolyrula crassilabiata (47007)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Escharella sp. (65395)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Escharoides angela (173830)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Exochella grandis (174139)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Romania Escharella tenera, Escharoides coccinea (178089)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Exochella grandis (166365)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Czech Republic Escharella chiragra, Escharoides mamillata (178887) Escharella sp., Hippopleurifera sedgwicki, Hippopleurifera semicristata (178897) Escharella tenera, Escharoides aliferus, Escharoides cocinea, Hippopleurifera sedgwicki (178895) Escharella tenera, Escharoides cocinea, Hippopleurifera sedgwicki (178890) Escharella tenera, Escharoides cocinea, Perigastrella concinna, Hippopleurifera sedgwicki, Hippopleurifera semicristata (178899) Escharella tenera, Escharoides grotriani, Hippopleurifera sedgwicki (178896) Escharella variolosa, Escharoides aliferus, Escharoides grotriani (178893) Escharoides megalota (178888) Hippopleurifera sedgwicki (178894 178902 178904) Hippopleurifera sedgwicki, Hippopleurifera semicristata (178892 178901) Perigastrella concinna, Hippopleurifera sedgwicki, Hippopleurifera semicristata (178898)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary Hippopleurifera hypsostoma (34739)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Escharella fistula (173831)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain Escharoides coccinea (177480) Escharoides coccinea, Escharoides fulgurans (177482) Escharoides sp., Hemicyclopora sp. 1, Hemicyclopora sp. 2, Escharoides coccinea, Escharella reussiana, Escharella serrulata, Escharoides megalota, Escharella peachi, Escharella grossa, Hippopleurifera sedgwicki (178465) Hippopleurifera surgens, Escharoides coccinea, Escharella octodentata (177485) Hippopleurifera surgens, Escharoides coccinea, Escharoides fulgurans (177481) Hippopleurifera surgens, Escharoides coccinea, Escharoides fulgurans, Escharella reussiana (177486)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Hippopleurifera sulcimargo (70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Hippopleurifera benmoussai (177487)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Escharoides coccinea (34723 34724)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Escharella sp., Escharoides sp., Hippopleurifera sp. (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Hippopleurifera sedgwicki, Hippopleurifera surgens, Escharoides coccinea, Escharoides fulgurans (177490 177491) Hippopleurifera surgens, Escharoides coccinea, Escharoides fulgurans (177489)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand Exochella jellyae, Exochella conjuncta, Escharoides angela (173739) Exochella jellyae, Exochella conjuncta, Escharoides angela, Escharella fistula (173737) Exochella jellyae, Exochella conjuncta, Escharoides angela, Escharella spinosissima (173740)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica Exochella longirostris, Mucronella praestans (41581) Exochella sp. (41577) Exochella sp., Hemicyclopora polita (41578) Romancheina sp. (41576)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Escharoides excavata (172911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Hemicyclopora multispinata (146291)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Zealand Escharoides excavata (173728)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Hippopleurifera n. sp. 2 (79845)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Escharoides excavata (173734)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Escharella connectens, Escharella indivisa, Escharella klugei (75200) Escharella connectens, Escharella indivisa, Escharella klugei, Escharella thompsoni (75197) Escharella connectens, Escharella klugei (75179)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Escharella klugei (75148)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mucronella microstoma (160361)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Escharoides costifer (97607)