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Metrarabdotosidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Metrarabdotosidae

Taxonomy
Metrarabdotosidae was named by Vigneaux (1949). Its type is Metrarabdotos.

It was assigned to Ascophora by Pouyet (2000); to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006); and to Lepralielloidea by Gordon (2012).

Subtaxa
Aequilimuna, Metrarabdotos (type genus), Polirhabdotos

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Metrarabdotosidae Vigneaux
2000Metrarabdotosidae Pouyet
2006Metrarabdotosidae Bock
2012Metrarabdotosidae Gordon p. 9

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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
familyMetrarabdotosidaeVigneaux 1949
familyMetrarabdotosidaeVigneaux 1949

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. †Metrarabdotosidae Vigneaux 1949
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G. Aequilimuna Gontar 2002
G. Metrarabdotos Canu 1914
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†Metrarabdotos canui Buge and Galopim de Carvalho 1963
†Metrarabdotos elegans Buge and Galopim de Carvalho 1963
G. Polirhabdotos Hayward and Thorpe 1987
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: 79.5 % calcite with 5.6% MgCO3 on average based on 16 specimensf
Created: 2008-02-27 06:25:07
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:25:07
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Bock 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Calabrian or 33.90000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Metrarabdotos grande (90548 90564) Metrarabdotos moniliferum (90549 90550)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Metrarabdotos grande (90547) Metrarabdotos moniliferum (90552)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Metrarabdotos sp. (112577)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Metrarabdotos sp. (65395)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia Metrarabdotos malecki (178887 178888 178890 178892 178894 178895 178896 178897 178898 178899 178901 178902)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania Metrarabdotos maleckii (178089)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain Metrarabdotos canui (177482)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Metrarabdotos n. sp. 8 (145580)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Metrarabdotos canui (177488) Metrarabdotos sp. (56687)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Metrarabdotos moniliferum (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Metrarabdotos monilifera (55827)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Metrarabdotos elegans (177490 177491)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Metrarabdotos lacrymosum (58522)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece Metrarabdotos moniliferum (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Metrarabdotos lacrymosum (91912)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Antarctica Polirhabdotos inclusum (48425 48431 48433 48435)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Metrarabdotos n. sp. 8 (79844)