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Catenicellidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Catenicellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Catenicellidae Busk
1953Catenicellidae Bassler p. G222
1958Catenicellidae Brown
1997Catenicellidae Lee et al.
2003Catenicellidae Schmidt
2006Catenicellidae Bock
2015Catenicellidae Di Martino and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
familyCatenicellidaeBusk 1852
familyCatenicellidaeBusk 1852

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. †Catenicellidae Busk 1852
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G. Calpidium Busk 1852
G. †Catenicella de Blainville 1830
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Catenicella cribriformis Waters 1881
Catenicella tenuis MacGillivray 1895
G. Catenicellopsis Wilson 1880
G. Costaticella Maplestone 1899
G. Cribicellina Canu and Bassler 1927
G. †Digenopora Maplestone 1899
G. †Ditaxipora MacGillivray 1895
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Ditaxipora internodia Waters 1881
G. Orthoscuticella Wass and Yoo 1975
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Pterocella alata Wyville Thomson 1858
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Subg. †Strophipora (Microstomaria) MacGillivray 1895
Subg. †Strophipora (Stenostomaria) MacGillivray 1895
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Stenostomaria solida Waters 1881
Subg. Strophipora (Strophipora) Bassler 1953
Strophipora harveyi Wyville Thomson 1858
G. Vittaticella Maplestone 1901
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Vittaticella enormis Maplestone 1898
Vittaticella gracilenta MacGillivray 1885
Vittaticella grandis Maplestone 1898
Vittaticella hannafordi MacGillivray 1869
Vittaticella insignis MacGillivray 1895
Invalid names: Caloporella MacGillivray 1895 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: mean weight-% MgCO3=7.6 based on 4 specimensf
Created: 2008-02-26 04:54:07
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:16:07
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 Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 37.71000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) Orthoscuticella sp. (172815)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Catenicella subseptentrionalis (90563)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Catenicella cribriformis (173512) Catenicella sp., Vittaticella enormis, Ditaxipora internodia (173527)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Catenicella sp. (173525 173528) Catenicella sp., Vittaticella grandis, Vittaticella insignis (173504) Catenicella sp., Vittaticella insignis, Strophipora harveyi (173516) Stenostomaria solida, Catenicella tenuis (173522) Strophipora harveyi (173517)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia Catenicella sp. (211329)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Pterocella alata (174192 174193 174195 174197 174199 174201 174202 174211 174212) Vittaticella elegans (174196)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Vittaticella elegans (112577)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Catenicella hastata (167299)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Catenicella elegans (34739)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Vittaticella elegans, Vittaticella gracilenta, Vittaticella hannafordi, Cornuticella perforata, Pterocella alata, Claviporella aurita (174189)