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Chiastosella

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Stellatopora Livingstone
1934Chiastosella Canu and Bassler
1935Chiastosella Canu and Bassler
1952Chiastosella Brown
1953Chiastosella Bassler p. G203
1953Stellatopora Bassler p. G202
1956Chiastosella Brown
1958Chiastosella Brown
1972Chiastosella Cheetham
2003Chiastosella Schmidt
2012Chiastosella Gordon p. 12

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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
familyEscharinidaeTilbrook 2006
genusChiastosellaCanu and Bassler 1934

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. †Chiastosella Canu and Bassler 1934
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Chiastosella conservata Waters 1881
Chiastosella daedala MacGillivray 1882
Chiastosella gibbera Canu and Bassler 1935
Chiastosella grandicella Canu and Bassler 1935
Chiastosella granulata MacGillivray 1895
Chiastosella lamellata Canu and Bassler 1935
Chiastosella parviporosa Canu and Bassler 1935
Chiastosella porosa Canu and Bassler 1935
Invalid names: Stellatopora Livingstone 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:46:35
Modified: 2008-02-27 09:01:45
Source: 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 Runangan to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 36.70000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 34.6 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga (Eua) C. sp. (166842)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand C. daedala (173838 173839)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North-West Nelson) C. porosa (173837)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) C. conservata (173508 173512 173527)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) C. gibbera (174142) C. lamellata (174150) C. parviporosa (174147)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) C. conservata (173502 173511) C. daedala, C. conservata (173504)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand C. porosa, C. diagonalis, C. granulata (173830)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) C. porosa (167299) C. porosa, C. lamellata, C. grandicella (174139)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Schizoporella conservata (174189)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58New Zealand C. watersi (173737 173739 173740 173741)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) C. daedala (172913)