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Heteropora

Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Cerioporidae

Taxonomy
Heteropora was named by de Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Heteroporidae.

It was assigned to Heteroporidae by Bassler (1953); to Cyclostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cerioporidae by Schmidt (2003), Gordon and Taylor (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Heteropora de Blainville
1953Heteropora Bassler p. G66
2002Heteropora Sepkoski
2003Heteropora Schmidt
2015Heteropora Gordon and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderTubuliporata
suborderCerioporinavon Hagenow 1851
familyCerioporidaeBusk 1859
genusHeteroporade Blainville 1830

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.

G. Heteropora de Blainville 1830
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Heteropora magna O'Donoghue and O'Donoghue 1923
†Heteropora pisiformis MacGillivray 1895
†Heteropora scholzi Gordon and Taylor 2015
†Heteropora verrucosa Roemer 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:05:29
Modified: 2007-09-18 04:05:29
Source: 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 Triassic to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 237.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.4 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) H. sp. (112288)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Chile (Atacama) H. sp. (221820)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France H. arborea (64627)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland H. buskana (2247)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France H. arborea (61555 61557 61559 61560 61563 61564 61565 66037 66040 66042 66044 66045)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland H. arborea (66046 69055)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France H. arborea (68927 68931 68935)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) H. arborea (64072)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France H. arborea (68924 68925)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France H. constanti (58224 68938 68945 68949)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2France H. constanti (69056)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) H. clavata (1854)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.2France H. constanti (56539 58115)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2France H. constanti (58860 58884 58936 58937)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France (Champagne-Ardenne) H. constanti (90507)
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) H. michelini (1844)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany H. verrucosa (220527 220829 220830)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) H. tennesseensis (88357)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark H. reticulata, H. crassa (89866)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) H. tecta (84051)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) H. scholzi (172944)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) H. ovalis, H. amaena (84174)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Malta H. sp. (239958)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Bayern) H. sp. (123150)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia H. sp. (178892 178893 178895)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica H. pelliculata (41578)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) H. magna (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) H. sp. (176670 176672)