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Trypostega

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Trypostegidae

Taxonomy
Trypostega was named by Levinsen (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1260]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Trypostegidae.

It was assigned to Hippothoidae by Bassler (1953), Pouyet (2000); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trypostegidae by Berning (2006), Bock (2006), Guha and Gopikrishna (2007), Guha (2013), Di Martino and Taylor (2015).

Species
T. hasibuani, T. rossae, T. rugulosa, T. venusta
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. elongata, T. inornata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Trypostega Levinsen
1953Trypostega Bassler p. G196
2000Trypostega Pouyet
2002Trypostega Sepkoski
2006Trypostega Berning p. 56
2006Trypostega Bock
2007Trypostega Guha and Gopikrishna
2013Trypostega Guha
2015Trypostega Di Martino and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
superfamilyHippothooideaBusk 1859
familyTrypostegidaeGordon et al. 2005
genusTrypostegaLevinsen 1909

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. Trypostega Levinsen 1909
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†Trypostega hasibuani Di Martino and Taylor 2015
†Trypostega rossae Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Trypostega rugulosa Reuss 1874
Trypostega venusta Norman 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-27 06:47:01
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:47:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Bock 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) T. elongata (87834)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) T. inornata (7321 7322)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) T. venusta (90552 90565)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) T. inornata (90528 90551 90561 90562 90563 90564) T. inornata, T. venusta (90549)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia T. sp. (211331)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45India (Gujarat) T. rossae (177173)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India T. rossae (178702)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia T. hasibuani (173651)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France T. sp. (65395)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania T. rugulosa (178089)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain T. rugulosa (178465) T. venusta (177479 177480)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) T. venusta (61334)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) T. venusta (61347)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco T. venusta (34724)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) T. rugulosa (122994)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) T. venusta (97610)