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Ceramopora

Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae

Taxonomy

Ceramopora was named by Hall (1851). Its type is Ceramopora imbricata. It is the type genus of Ceramoporidae, Ceramoporinae.

It was assigned to Ceramoporinae by Utgaard (1968); to Cystoporata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ceramoporidae by Bassler (1911), Bassler (1953), Jiménez-Sánchez (2009).

Species

C. berzelli, C. imbricata (type species), C. intercellata, C. invenusta, C. lindstromi, C. spongiosa

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. armata, C. berzelii, C. clara, C. imbriccata, C. incondita, C. incrustans, C. incrustus, C. italica, C. lindstroemi, C. magnicellularis, C. massalis, C. megapora, C. punctata, C. rotunda, C. tenuis, C. unapensis, C. vesicularis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Ceramopora Hall
1911	Ceramopora Bassler
1953	Ceramopora Bassler p. G81
1968	Ceramopora Utgaard p. 1447
2002	Ceramopora Sepkoski
2009	Ceramopora Jiménez-Sánchez

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Bryozoa	Ehrenberg 1831
class	Stenolaemata	Borg 1926
superorder	Palaeostomata	Ma et al. 2014
order	Cystoporata	Astrova 1964
suborder	Ceramoporina	Bassler 1913
family	Ceramoporidae	Ulrich 1882
genus	Ceramopora	Hall 1851

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. †Ceramopora Hall 1851

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†Ceramopora berzelli Brood 1978

†Ceramopora imbricata Hall 1852

†Ceramopora intercellata Bassler 1911

†Ceramopora invenusta Bassler 1911

†Ceramopora lindstromi Henning 1908

†Ceramopora spongiosa Bassler 1911

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryc

Attached:

yesc

Life habit:

epifaunalp

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-09-18 02:11:14

Modified:

2010-02-15 07:19:29

Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kunda to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 469.10000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (65 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Arenig	477.1 - 468.0	USA (Oklahoma)	C. unapensis (80094)
Darriwilian	469.4 - 458.2	Estonia	C. magnicellularis (226817)
Kunda	469.1 - 464.3	Estonia	C. magnicellularis (226208)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	France	C. italica (143880)
Sandbian - Katian	458.2 - 445.2	Russian Federation (Siberia)	C. punctata (206485)
Keila	453.9 - 452.8	Estonia	C. spongiosa (167555)
Keila	453.9 - 452.8	Estonia (Vasalemma)	C. sp. (188570)
Katian	452.8 - 445.2	Spain (Zaragoza)	C. lindstromi (173665)
Katian	452.8 - 445.2	Estonia	C. intercellata (226636)
Rakvere	451.8 - 450.5	Estonia (Lääne-Virumaa)	C. invenusta (155682)
Kralodvorian	450.1 - 445.2	France	C. italica (143879)
Vormsi - Pirgu	449.9 - 445.2	Estonia (Hiiu)	C. intercellata (167553)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	India	C. sp. (144041)
Hirnantian	445.2 - 443.1	Sweden	C. sp. (2759 2768)
Hirnantian	445.2 - 443.1	Canada (Quebec)	C. clara (113324)
Porkuni	445.2 - 443.1	Sweden (Östergötland)	C. berzelii (186269) C. berzelli (73456)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	USA (New York)	C. imbricata (77054) C. sp. (462 463)
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	USA (Indiana)	C. vesicularis, C. imbricata (75266)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	Belarus	C. sp. (23675)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	Sweden	C. armata (77409)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	USA (New York)	C. imbricata (77053 83097)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian	438.6 - 430.6	Sweden (Gotland)	C. lindstromi (13674)
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	USA (New York)	C. imbriccata (82545)
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	Sweden (Gotland)	C. lindstromi (13675)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	USA (New York)	C. imbricata (81782 81783 81805 81840 81898 81917 81920) C. incrustans, C. imbricata (13047) C. incrustus, C. imbricata (13052) C. sp. (541)
Homerian	430.6 - 426.7	United Kingdom (England)	C. sp. (23057)
Homerian	430.6 - 426.7	Sweden (Gotland)	C. lindstroemi (226712)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	Belarus	C. rotunda, C. imbricata (23662)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Mongolia	C. megapora (79645 79648)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Belarus	C. imbricata (23658)
Ludfordian	425.0 - 422.7	United Kingdom (England)	C. sp. (8299 8303 8307 8308 8309 8310 8311 8312 8313 8314 8315 8316 8320 8321 8322 8324 8325)
Pridoli	422.7 - 419.62	USA (Pennsylvania)	C. incondita (45293)
Early/Lower Givetian	387.95 - 385.9	Czechia (Moravia)	C. tenuis (5767)
Late/Upper Famennian	365.2 - 358.86	Canada (Alberta)	C. sp. (35545)