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Balticopora

Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Trematoporidae

Taxonomy
Balticopora is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hemiphragma by Bassler (1953).

It was assigned to Trematoporidae by Karklins (1984); and to Trepostomida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Balticopora Karklins p. 80
2002Balticopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderTrepostomataUlrich 1882
familyTrematoporidaeMiller 1889
genusBalticopora

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.

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

Age range: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota, Iowa) B. tenuimurale (23379)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) B. tenuimurale (23383)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) B. tenuimurale (23386)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) B. tenuimurale (23381 23382)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) B. tenuimurale (23387 23388)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) B. tenuimurale (23384 23385)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) B. tenuimurale (209382)