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Romancheinidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Mucronellinae MacGillivray
1888Romancheinidae Jullien
1902Mucronellidae Levinson
1909Escharellidae Levinsen
1917Peristomellae Canu and Bassler
1935Exochellinae Bassler
1935Exochellinae Canu and Bassler
1949Perigastrellidae Vigneaux p. 17
1949Hemicycloporinae Vigneaux p. 83
1949Pleurolyrulinae Vigneaux p. 105
1952Escharellidae Brown
1952Exochellidae Brown
1953Exochellidae Bassler p. G205
1953Mucronellidae Bassler p. G207
1953Phylactelliporidae Bassler p. G217
1956Exochellidae Brown
1958Escharellidae Brown
1958Exochellidae Brown
1962Peristomellidae Kluge p. 564
1997Romancheinidae Lee et al.
1999Romancheinidae Gordon and Taylor
1999Mucronellidae Wienrich p. 276
2000Escharellidae Pouyet
2000Exochellidae Pouyet
2003Romancheinidae Schmidt
2006Romancheinidae Berning p. 62
2006Escharellidae Bock
2006Exochellidae Bock
2006Romancheinidae Bock
2007Romancheinidae Guha and Gopikrishna
2012Romancheinidae Gordon p. 9
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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G. Allerescha Gordon 1989
G. Antarcticaetos Hayward and Thorpe 1988
G. Arctonula Gordon and Grischenko 1994
G. †Balantiostoma Marsson 1887
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G. †Bathosella Canu and Bassler 1917
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Bathosella biavicularia Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Bathosella bulbosa Canu and Bassler 1935
Bathosella laticella Canu and Bassler 1935
G. †Biporochella Guha and Nathan 1996
G. Bostrychopora Hayward and Thorpe 1988
G. †Bulbipora MacGillivray 1895
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Bulbipora areolata MacGillivray 1895
G. Elleschara Gordon 1984
G. Escharella Gordon 1984
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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], Perigastrella Canu and Bassler 1917 [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]
G. Exochella Jullien 1888
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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
G. Hellerasca Gordon 1989
G. Hemicyclopora Norman 1894
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Hemicyclopora dissidens Gordon and Taylor 2015
Hemicyclopora ventricosa Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. †Hemiphylactella Vigneaux 1949
G. †Hippolyrula Vigneaux 1949
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. †Hoplocheilina Canu 1911
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Invalid names: Acanthionella Canu and Bassler 1917 [synonym]
G. Lageneschara Hayward and Thorpe 1988
G. Metrarabdotomorpha d'Hondt 1983
G. †Obliquostoma Thoelen 1968
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. †Opaeomorpha Zagorsek 2001
G. †Pachykraspedon Koschinsky 1885
G. †Pleuromucrum Vigneaux 1949
G. Pseudosclerodomus d'Hondt and Schopf 1985
G. Psilopsella Canu and Bassler 1927
G. Ragionula Canu and Bassler 1927
G. Romancheina Jullien 1888
G. Temachia Jullien 1882
Invalid names: Escharellidae Levinsen 1909 [synonym], Exochellinae Bassler 1935 [invalid subgroup], Hemicycloporinae Vigneaux 1949 [invalid subgroup], Mucronellidae Levinson 1902 [synonym], Mucronellinae MacGillivray 1887 [invalid subgroup], Perigastrellidae Vigneaux 1949 [synonym], Peristomellae Canu and Bassler 1917 [invalid subgroup], Peristomellidae Kluge 1962 [synonym], Phylactelliporidae Bassler 1953 [synonym], Pleurolyrulinae Vigneaux 1949 [invalid subgroup]
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: Bock 2006, Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Oklahoma) Escharoides nomas, Escharoides sp. (90502)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Escharoides erymnos (90501)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Escharoides danei (90500)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Balantiostoma sp. (87393)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Río Negro) Balantiostoma sp., Balantiostoma spectabilis, Balantiostoma elongata (220766)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) Bathosella undata (83297)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Balantiostoma sp. (220769)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Sweden Balantiostoma vallata (69603)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (La Pampa) Balantiostoma elongata (220764)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Bathosella aspera, Acanthionella simplex (84051)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Hippopleurifera australis, Exochella gracilis, Escharoides crassa (7221)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Hemicyclopora ventricosa, Exochella abigailae, Exochella reidae, Exochella woodae, Exochella linearis (172944)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Gujarat) Bathosella biavicularia, Escharoides cuneiformis, Escharoides multispinosa (177176)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71India Bathosella biavicularia, Escharoides cuneiformis, Escharoides multispinosa (178699)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Acanthionella oecioporosa (88091) Hippopleurifera incondita, Hippopleurifera costulata, Hippopleurifera crassicollis, Perigastrella trapezoidea, Perigastrella ovoidea (7331) Hippopleurifera rotula (7316) Hippopleurifera rotula, Hippopleurifera moodysbranchensis, Perigastrella oscitans (7317)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Mucronella angustocecium (42644)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Escharoides erectus, Hippopleurifera costulata, Perigastrella ovoidea (7332) Hippopleurifera crassicollis, Hippopleurifera incondita (7328) Hippopleurifera crassicollis, Hippopleurifera incondita, 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 (7322 7324)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Hippopleurifera incondita, Perigastrella elegans, Ochetosella jacksonica (160397) Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis, Ochetosella parva (90479) Perigastrella sp., Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis, Ochetosella parva (90480)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Mucronella granulosa, Perigastrella oscitans, Perigastrella rectilineata, Peristomella laticella, Ochetosella jacksonica, Acanthionella oecioporosa (84174)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Hippopleurifera punctata (7318)
Priabonian37.71 - 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)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Escharoides suggestus (173838)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Perigastrella plana (90565)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Perigastrella ovoidea (90551) Perigastrella plana (90563) Perigastrella plana, Perigastrella costellifera, Peristomella coccinea (90561 90562) Perigastrella plana, Peristomella erecta (90549)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Escharoides angela, Escharella fistula (173837)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Escharella elongata (173521) Escharella elongata, Bathosella bulbosa, Escharoides duplicata, Escharoides erecta, Escharoides osburni (173508) Escharella elongata, Escharoides duplicata, Escharoides osburni (173512) Escharoides duplicata (173527)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Bathosella bulbosa, Bathosella laticella (174140) Escharoides erecta (174144 174148 174150 174152) Mucronella elongata (174154)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand Exochella tricuspis (173832)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Bulbipora areolata, Escharella elongata, Escharoides duplicata (173502) Escharella elongata, Escharoides duplicata (173504 173511) Escharella elongata, Escharoides duplicata, Escharoides osburni (173506)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia Escharoides martae, Hippopleurifera sp. 1, Pleuromucrum sp. (211332) Hippopleurifera sp. 1 (211333) Hippopleurifera sp. 1, Hippopleurifera mucronata (211331)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia Hippopleurifera sp. 2 (211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Escharella ashapurae (178702)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Hippolyrula crassilabiata (47007)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Escharella sp. (65395)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Escharoides angela (173830)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Exochella grandis (174139)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Exochella grandis (166365)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania Escharella tenera, Escharoides coccinea (178089)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia 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 - 11.63Hungary Hippopleurifera hypsostoma (34739)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Escharella fistula (173831)
Tortonian11.63 - 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 - 2.58New 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 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Escharoides excavata (172911)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Exochella longirostris, Mucronella praestans (41581) Exochella sp. (41577) Exochella sp., Hemicyclopora polita (41578) Phylactellipora sp. (41579) Psilopsella uniseriata (41575) Romancheina sp. (41576)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Hippopleurifera sedgwicki, Hippopleurifera surgens, Escharoides coccinea, Escharoides fulgurans (177490 177491) Hippopleurifera surgens, Escharoides coccinea, Escharoides fulgurans (177489)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Antarctica Lageneschara lyrulata (48425 48427 48432)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Hemicyclopora multispinata, Neolagenipora collaris (146291)
Pleistocene2.58 - 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)