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Paleschara

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Palescharidae

Taxonomy
Paleschara is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Palescharidae.

It was assigned to Palescharidae by Bassler (1953); and to Fenestrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Paleschara Bassler p. G147
2002Paleschara Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
familyPalescharidaeMiller 1889
genusPaleschara

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: base of the Oretanian to the top of the Sakmarian or 468.00000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) P. sp. (20899)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real) P. sp. (20893)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (26294 26295)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) P. beani (26302)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) P. sp. (368)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) P. sp. (392)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) P. radiata (9354 9359 9360 9363 9364 9365)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia P. incrustans (47002)