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Bitectiporidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae

Taxonomy
Bitectiporidae was named by MacGillivray (1895). It is extant. Its type is Bitectipora.

It was assigned to Ascophora by Bassler (1953); to Schizoporelloidea by Schmidt (2003); to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006); and to Smittinoidea by Gordon et al. (1994), Berning (2006) and Guha and Gopikrishna (2007).

Subtaxa
Bitectipora (type genus), Hippoporina, Schizomavella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Bitectiporidae MacGillivray
1953Bitectiporidae Bassler p. G227
1994Bitectiporidae Gordon et al.
2003Bitectiporidae Schmidt
2006Bitectiporidae Berning p. 80
2006Bitectiporidae Bock
2007Bitectiporidae Guha and Gopikrishna

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
—Lepraliomorpha(Gordon 1989)
superfamilySmittinoideaLevinsen 1909
familyBitectiporidaeMacGillivray 1895
familyBitectiporidaeMacGillivray 1895

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. Bitectiporidae MacGillivray 1895
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G. Hippoporina Neviani 1895
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†Hippoporina canui Cipolla 1922
†Hippoporina elongata MacGillivray 1895
†Hippoporina longidens Cipolla 1921
†Hippoporina miocenica Gordon et al. 1994
†Hippoporina oricelata Brown 1952
†Hippoporina praetexta Canu and Bassler 1935
†Hippoporina sinus Brown 1956
†Hippoporina vespertilio Canu and Bassler 1920
G. Schizomavella Canu and Bassler 1917
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Subg. †Schizomavella (Metroperiella) Canu and Bassler 1917
Subg. †Schizomavella (Schizomavella) Canu and Bassler 1917
†Schizomavella aculifera Canu and Lecointre 1928
†Schizomavella decorata Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Schizomavella dubia Brown 1952
†Schizomavella porosa Canu and Bassler 1920
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: 59.3 % calcite with mean 7.2% MgCO3 based on 35 specimensf
Created: 2008-02-27 02:12:06
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:12:06
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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Hippoporina sp. (83238)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Hippoporina midwayaica (83297)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Hippoporina sp. (42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Hippoporina lucens (7324) Hippoporina lucens, Schizomavella arborea (7332) Hippoporina lucens, Schizomavella granulifera (7322 7327) Hippoporina lucens, Schizomavella porosa (7330) Schizomavella granulifera (7325) Schizomavella granulosa (7321)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Hippoporina lucens, Schizomavella porosa (7331)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Schizomavella granulifera (7318 7319)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Hippoporina vespertilio, Schizomavella porosa (90479 90480)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Hippoporina oricelata (173838)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Hippoporina lucens (90565) Schizomavella longirostris (90547)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Hippoporina lucens, Schizomavella arborea (90528)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Hippoporina burlingtoniensis, Schizomavella dubia (173837)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Hippoporina burlingtoniensis (173508 173512) Hippoporina elongata (173526) Hippoporina incomposita (173510)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Fenestrulina praetexta (174147)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Hippoporina burlingtoniensis (173520 173524 173525 173528) Hippoporina burlingtoniensis, Hippoporina incomposita (173506 173511) Hippoporina incomposita (173504) Schizomavella auriculata, Hippoporina pertusa, Hippoporina burlingtoniensis, Hippoporina praetexta (173516)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44India (Gujarat) Schizomavella decorata (177173)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Schizomavella decorata (178702 178703)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Hippoporina sp. (127499)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (West Coast) Hippoporina miocenica (172797)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Schizomavella sp. (188985)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Schizomavella decorata (177172)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Hippoporina pertusa (173830)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Czech Republic Schizomavella tenella (178893 178895 178896 178897 178898 178899 178901 178902)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Romania Schizomavella protuberans, Schizomavella tenella (178089)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary Schizomavella grossipora (34739)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain Hippoporina sp., Schizomavella sp., Emballotheca longidens (178465) Schizomavella auriculata (177481) Schizomavella auriculata, Emballotheca longidens, Schismoporella aculifera, Hippoporina canui, Hippoporina odontostoma (177486) Schizomavella auriculata, Hippoporina canui (177485) Schizomavella linearis, Hippoporina canui (177482)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Hippoporina aculeata (61342)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Schizomavella sp., Schizomavella linearis (34723)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Schismoporella aculifera (69864) Schizomavella aculifera (70785)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Schizomavella auriculata (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Metroperiella sp., Schizomavella triaviculata (152330)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Hippoporina aculeata (79982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Emballotheca longidens, Schismoporella aculifera, Hippoporina odontostoma (177489) Schizomavella auriculata, Emballotheca longidens, Schizomavella linearis, Hippoporina canui (177490) Schizomavella linearis (177491)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Hippoporina sinus (172913)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand Hippoporina lancifera, Schizomavella cinctipora (173739) Hippoporina lancifera, Schizomavella cinctipora, Hippoporina waipukurensis (173737 173740) Schizomavella cinctipora (173741)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Hippoporina n. sp. 1 (79983)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Hippoporina aculeata (91901) Hippoporina sp. (79998)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Schizomavella cornuta, Schizomavella sp. A, Schizomavella rudis, Schizomavella teresae (146291) Schizomavella cornuta, Schizomavella rudis (146292) Schizomavella cornuta, Schizomavella sp. A, Schizomavella rudis (146293)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Hippoporina pertusa (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Hippoporina aculeata (79835 79845)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Schizomavella cinctipora (173733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Hippoporina porosa (57702 57703)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Hippoporina sp. (97607 97610)