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Calescharidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calescharidae

Taxonomy
Calescharidae was named by Cook and Bock (2001). It is extant. Its type is Caleschara.

It was assigned to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006); and to Microporoidea by Schmidt (2003), Gordon (2012).

Subtaxa
Caleschara (type genus), Coronellina, Hagenowinella, Tretosina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Calescharidae Cook and Bock
2003Calescharidae Schmidt
2006Calescharidae Bock
2012Calescharidae Gordon p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyCalescharidaeCook and Bock 2001
familyCalescharidaeCook and Bock 2001

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. Calescharidae Cook and Bock 2001
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G. Caleschara MacGillivray 1880
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Caleschara denticulata MacGillivray 1869
G. Coronellina Prenant and Bobin 1966
G. †Hagenowinella Canu 1900
G. Tretosina Canu and Bassler 1927
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†Tretosina arcifera Canu and Bassler 1927
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: 51.6% calcite with 4.5% MgCO3 on average (mixed calcite-aragonite)f
Created: 2008-02-27 02:14:50
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:14:50
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 Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Caleschara sp. (7221)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Tretosina arcifera (173837)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Caleschara denticulata, Tretosina arcifera (173515 173521) Tretosina arcifera (173510)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Caleschara denticulata (173517 173522 173523) Caleschara denticulata, Tretosina arcifera (173519 173520)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Caleschara denticulata (174192 174194 174196)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Caleschara denticulata (174189)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Tretosina sp. (41581)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Caleschara denticulata (172911)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Caleschara mexicana (96557)