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Lunulites

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae

Taxonomy
Lunulites was named by Lamarck (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-l T Plio Sepkoski's reference number: 626,636]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Lunulitidae.

It was assigned to Bryozoa by Holmes (1860); to Lunulitidae by Bassler (1953), Brown (1956), Brown (1958), Wienrich (1999); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calloporidae by Schmidt (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Lunulites Lamarck
1860Lunulites Holmes p. 6
1953Lunulites Bassler p. G171
1956Lunulites Brown
1958Lunulites Brown
1999Lunulites Wienrich p. 272
2002Lunulites Sepkoski
2002Reptolunites Sepkoski
2003Lunulites Schmidt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyLunulitoideaLagaaij 1952
familyLunulitidaeLagaaij 1952
genusLunulitesLamarck 1816

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. †Lunulites Lamarck 1816
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†Lunulites adunca Brown 1958
†Lunulites canaliculata MacGillivray 1895
†Lunulites conulus Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites cretacea Defrance 1823
†Lunulites foveolata Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites immensa Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites ligulata Canu 1920
†Lunulites microstoma Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites parvicella Tenison-Woods 1880
†Lunulites patens Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites pseudocretacea Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites radiata Lamarck 1816
†Lunulites vespertilio Håkansson and Voigt 1996
Invalid names: Reptolunites [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:23:23
Modified: 2008-02-27 05:13:02
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Zanclean or 83.60000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (123 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France L. sp. (59776)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) L. pseudocretacea (214389)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom L. pseudocretacea (214391)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany L. pseudocretacea (214390)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany L. pseudocretacea (214395 214396)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark L. microstoma (214366 214429) L. pseudocretacea (214392 214393 214394)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Kingdom L. pseudocretacea (214397)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium L. pseudocretacea (214428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0North Atlantic L. conulus (214299)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany L. microstoma (214465) L. patens (214341 214342) L. vespertilio (214319)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark L. conulus (214326 214344) L. foveolata (67430) L. foveolata, L. pseudocretacea (67412 67413) L. microstoma (214322 214437 214441 214449 214511) L. microstoma, L. conulus, L. foveolata (214448) L. microstoma, L. immensa, L. foveolata (214350) L. microstoma, L. immensa, L. foveolata, L. pseudocretacea (67406) L. microstoma, L. patens, L. foveolata, L. pseudocretacea (67421) L. microstoma, L. patens, L. immensa, L. foveolata, L. pseudocretacea (67429) L. patens (67342) L. patens, L. foveolata (214331 214343)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (8025)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) L. transiens (3263)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) L. sp. (44405 44408 44409 44410 44517 44518)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) L. distans (7331) L. jacksonensis, L. bouei, L. distans (7317) L. jacksonensis, L. distans (7316)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) L. jacksonensis, L. fenestrata (90704 92393)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) L. transiens (42636 42641)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) L. sp. (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) L. ligulata (7437 7438 7439)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) L. distans (7321 7322 7324 7325 7327 7328 7329 7330 7332)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) L. transiens (42640 42658 42662)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) L. distans (7318)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) L. bassleri (32925)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) L. parvicella (173510)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Hessen) L. subplena (90524 90525 90526 90527 90529 90530)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) L. adunca (173522) L. canaliculata (173517)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Spain (Gran Canaria) L. sp. (60389)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. voigti (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Maranhao) L. pileolus (112596)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) L. pileolus (60979 60980 60981 60984 112582 112583) L. pileolus, L. pirabicus (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. voigti, L. burdigalensis (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. voigti (62899 62936 62937 62939 62953 62958 62960 63024) L. voigti, L. burdigalensis (62903 62931)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) L. pileolus, L. pirabicus (58454)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. burdigalensis (61906) L. voigti (61900 61902 61905 62880 62888 62892) L. voigti, L. burdigalensis (61895 61896 61897 61898 61903 61904 61907 62885 62886 62887 62889 62891)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France L. conica (34609)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) L. canaliculata (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) L. capulus (172913)