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Arachnopusioidea

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Arachnopusioidea Jullien
1994Arachnopusioidea Gordon et al.
2003Arachnopusioidea Schmidt
2006Arachnopusioidea Berning p. 58
2007Arachnopusioidea Guha and Gopikrishna
2013Arachnopusioidea Di Martino and Taylor p. 93
2015Arachnopusioidea Di Martino and Taylor
2015Arachnopusioidea Gordon and Taylor
2021Arachnopusioidea Brezina et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
infraorderUmbonulomorphaGordon 1989
superfamilyArachnopusioideaJullien 1888
superfamilyArachnopusioideaJullien 1888

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.

Superfm. Arachnopusioidea Jullien 1888
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Fm. Arachnopusiidae Jullien 1888
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G. Anexechona Osburn 1950
G. Arachnopusia Jullien 1886
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Arachnopusia acanthoceros MacGillivray 1887
Arachnopusia bugei Brown 1952
Arachnopusia dimorpha Gordon and Taylor 2015
Arachnopusia gracilis Gordon and Taylor 1999
Arachnopusia kankawatiensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Arachnopusia linearis Canu and Bassler 1935
Arachnopusia liversidgei Tenison-Woods 1877
Arachnopusia terminata Waters 1881
Arachnopusia terminata coronata Canu and Bassler 1935
G. †Hippexechonella Vigneaux 1949
G. †Korojonella Håkansson et al. 2024
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Korojonella kenozooidea Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Moyanopora Gordon and Taylor 2015
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Moyanopora hugoi Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. †Poricella
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Poricella bugei El Hajjaji 1987
Poricella tripora Canu 1911
G. †Quasitrilaminopora Gordon and Taylor 2015
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Quasitrilaminopora curiosa Gordon and Taylor 2015
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Tremogasterina cookae Pouyet and Moissette 1986
G. †Trichinopolia Guha and Nathan 1996
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Trichinopolia lata Taylor 2008
Fm. †Exechonellidae Harmer 1957
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Exechonella chathamensis Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. †Oviexechonella Di Martino and Taylor 2015
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Oviexechonella digeronimoi Di Martino and Taylor 2015
G. Triporula Canu and Bassler 1927
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Triporula biarmata Waters 1882
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Trichinopolia lata (87374)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Trichinopolia californica (87370)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Korojonella kenozooidea (235529 235530)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Poricella tripora (220770) Trichinopolia sp. (220772)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (La Pampa) Poricella sp., Tremogasterina problematica (220764)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8New Zealand (Chatham Island) Arachnopusia gracilis (7221)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6New Zealand (Chatham Island) Quasitrilaminopora curiosa, Moyanopora hugoi, Arachnopusia dimorpha, Exechonella chathamensis (172944)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) Arachnopusia sp. (172815)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga (Eua) Triporula biarmata (166842)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Arachnopusia vicksburgica (90565 90566)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Arachnopusia liversidgei (173510 173526) Arachnopusia unicornis, Arachnopusia liversidgei (173508) Arachnopusia unicornis, Arachnopusia liversidgei, Arachnopusia terminata (173521)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Cribrilina terminata (174142 174147)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Arachnopusia liversidgei (173520 173522) Arachnopusia liversidgei, Arachnopusia terminata (173504 173516 173517) Arachnopusia terminata (173519 173525)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Poricella paulae (211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Arachnopusia terminata (174191)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Arachnopusia kankawatiae (178703)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (West Coast) Arachnopusia unicornis (172797)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Arachnopusia unicornis, Arachnopusia bugei (173830)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Cribrilina terminata (167299) Cribrilina terminata, Arachnopusia linearis (174139)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Romania Poricella garbovensis (178089)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia Exechonella sp. (173650) Oviexechonella digeronimoi (173653) Poricella sp. (173658)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Arachnopusia unicornis (173831)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain Poricella bugei (178465) Tremogasterina bugei, Tremogasterina cookae (177486) Tremogasterina cookae (177479 177482)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Tremogasterina catenularia (70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Exechonella sp. (34724) Tremogasterina cookae (34723)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Arachnopusia acanthoceros, Arachnopusia terminata (174189)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Arachnopusia acanthoceros, Exechonella paucipunctata (172911) Exechonella paucipunctata (172913)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand Arachnopusia sp., Arachnopusia unicornis (173740) Arachnopusia unicornis (173737 173739)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Tremogasterina mucronata (79983)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Tremogasterina mucronata (79998)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Zealand Arachnopusia unicornis (173728)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Tremogasterina mucronata (79842 79844 79845) Tremogasterina mucronata, Triporula stellata (79835)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Arachnopusia unicornis (173732 173734)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Exechonella antillea (97609 97610) Exechonella antillea, Tremogasterina sp. (97607 97608)