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Constellaria

Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Constellariidae

Taxonomy
Constellaria was named by Dana (1846). Its type is Constellaria florida. It is the type genus of Constellariidae.

It was assigned to Cystoporata by Sepkoski (2002); to Fistuliporina by Bolton and Cuffey (2005); and to Constellariidae by Bassler (1911), Bassler (1953), Utgaard (1981) and Zhang et al. (2018).

Species
C. florida (type species), C. islensis, C. polystomella, C. varia
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. fischeri, C. teres

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Constellaria Dana
1911Constellaria Bassler
1953Constellaria Bassler p. G105
1981Constellaria Utgaard p. 1062
2002Constellaria Sepkoski
2005Constellaria Bolton and Cuffey
2018Constellaria Zhang et al. p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCystoporataAstrova 1964
suborderFistuliporoideaAstrova 1964
familyConstellariidaeUlrich 1896
genusConstellariaDana 1846

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. †Constellaria Dana 1846
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†Constellaria florida Ulrich 1882
†Constellaria islensis Ross 1963
†Constellaria polystomella Nicholson 1875
†Constellaria varia Ulrich 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Data from Meyer et al. (2009).g
Created: 2009-07-20 13:23:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:54:56
Source: g = genus, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Meyer et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Ludlow or 470.00000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (10745)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) C. islensis (172624)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) C. islensis (175224 175230 175231 175234 175238 175247 175273 175274 175275 175299)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Virginia) C. sp. (7095)
Chazyan - Blackriveran470.0 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. sp. (6991)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Estonia (Harju) C. varia (237033)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Argentina C. varia (144790 144791)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) C. florida (5373) C. sp. (80105 80107 80108 80594 80597)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) C. sp. (32559 32560 32561 32562 32563 32570 32571) C. sp., C. prominens (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) C. varia (5347)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) C. sp. (192178)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Tennessee) C. sp. (86204 86223 86234)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (85812 85966 85998)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Nevada) C. sp. (105554)
Franklinian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) C. emaciata, C. teres, C. fischeri (5371) C. emaciata, C. teres, C. fischeri, C. florida (5370)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. lamellosa (5328 5329)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota, Iowa) C. varia (23379)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. emaciata, C. teres, C. fischeri (5357 5368 5369) C. sp. (1908) C. teres (5352)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. varia (167611)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia C. varia (167555)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (10723 48764 48785 48808 48809 48810 48811 48812 48813 48816 48818) C. sp., C. teres, C. florida (34559 34561) C. teres (34547 34563)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Estonia (Ida-Viru) C. varia (167473)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) C. teres (100538)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (228229)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Estonia C. constellata (226636)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) C. sp. (349 383 386)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) C. sp. (1931)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. florida (5374) C. sp. (1930 1963 1972 1975 1979)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (72652 72653 72656 72666 72699 72701 72752 72781 72784 72791 73069 73072 73074 73076 73078 73079 73080 73081 73105)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) C. sp. (350 388 72968)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) C. sp. (395 72571)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) C. polystomella (173014 173136)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) C. limitaris (6909 6910) C. limitaris, C. polystomella (6907)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) C. sp. (392 394)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Tennessee) C. polystomella (5393)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) C. sp. (80141)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Mongolia C. serotina (79648)