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Margaretta

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Margarettidae

Taxonomy
Margaretta was named by Gray (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Margarettidae.

It was assigned to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Margarettidae by Bock (2006), Guha and Gopikrishna (2007), Gordon (2012), Zagorsek and Gordon (2013), Guha (2013), Di Martino and Taylor (2015).

Species
M. amitabhae, M. fusiformis, M. gracilior, M. rajui, M. tenuis, M. watersi, Tubucellaria cereoides, Tubucellaria hirsuta, Tubucellaria opuntioides
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. buski, M. cereoides, M. cereoides
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-09

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Margaretta Gray
1852Onchopora Busk
1852Tubucellaria d'Orbigny
1936Tubucellaria Stach
1953Onchopora Bassler p. G225
1953Tubucellaria Bassler p. G210
1956Tubucellaria Brown
1958Tubucellaria Brown
2002Margaretta Sepkoski
2002Tubucellaria Sepkoski
2006Margaretta Bock
2007Margaretta Guha and Gopikrishna
2012Margaretta Gordon p. 10
2013Margaretta Guha
2013Margaretta Zagorsek and Gordon p. 602
2015Margaretta Di Martino and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilySchizoporelloideaJullien 1883
familyMargarettidaeHarmer 1957
genusMargarettaGray 1843

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. Margaretta Gray 1843
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†Margaretta amitabhae Di Martino and Taylor 2015
†Margaretta fusiformis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Margaretta gracilior Ortmann 1892
†Margaretta rajui Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Margaretta tenuis Harmer 1957
Margaretta watersi Canu and Bassler 1930
Invalid names: Onchopora Busk 1852 [synonym], Tubucellaria d'Orbigny 1852 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:44:42
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:44:42
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Tubucellaria cereoides (174187 174188)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Tubucellaria parviporosa (7331)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Tubucellaria fallax (7330) Tubucellaria nodifera (7322 7324 7325 7327 7328) Tubucellaria vicksburgica (7332)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Tubucellaria congesta (7318 7319)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Tubucellaria vicksburgica (90552 90565 90566)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) Tubucellaria sp. (175334)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Tubucellaria vicksburgia (90562 90563) Tubucellaria vicksburgica (90548 90549 90550 90551)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany Tubucellaria sp. (46102)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Tubucellaria cereoides (173516)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45India (Gujarat) M. fusiformis, M. rajui (177173)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia M. buski (211329 211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India M. fusiformis (178703) M. fusiformis, M. rajui (178702)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) M. fusiformis (177172)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia M. gracilior, M. tenuis (173651)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Indonesia M. amitabhae (173652)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania M. cereoides (178089)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia M. cereoides (178890 178895 178902)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia M. watersi (173647)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) M. buski (145580)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Saudi Arabia Tubucellaria sp. (34414)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Tubucellaria hirsuta, Tubucellaria cereoides (174189)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Tubucellaria opuntioides (172913) Tubucellaria sp., Tubucellaria hirsuta, Tubucellaria opuntioides (172911)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece M. cereoides (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) M. cereoides (122994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Tubucellaria punctulata (168757 231899)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) M. buski (79835 79842 79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Tubucellaria punctulata (202634 202638 202648) Tubucellaria sp., Tubucellaria punctulata (222979)