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Cerioporidae

Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Cerioporidae

Taxonomy
Cerioporidae was named by Busk (1859). It is extant. Its type is Ceriopora.

It was synonymized subjectively with Heteroporidae by Bassler (1953).

It was assigned to Cerioporina by Schmidt (2003), Gordon and Taylor (2015), Brezina et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Cerioporidae Busk
2003Cerioporidae Schmidt
2015Cerioporidae Gordon and Taylor
2021Cerioporidae Brezina et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderTubuliporata
suborderCerioporinavon Hagenow 1851
familyCerioporidaeBusk 1859
familyCerioporidaeBusk 1859

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.

Fm. Cerioporidae Busk 1859
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G. †Ceriopora Goldfuss 1826
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†Ceriopora laxa Etheridge 1872
†Ceriopora micropora Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Ceriopora theloidea von Hagenow 1851 [synonym]
†Ceriopora ramosa d'Orbigny 1842
†Ceriopora rekohuensis Gordon and Taylor 1999
†Ceriopora semiglobosa Roemer 1841
Invalid names: Reptonodicava [synonym]
G. †Clausa
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†Clausa francquana d'Orbigny 1853
†Clausa micropora d'Orbigny 1854
G. †Diplocava
G. Heteropora de Blainville 1830
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Heteropora magna O'Donoghue and O'Donoghue 1923
†Heteropora pisiformis MacGillivray 1895
†Heteropora scholzi Gordon and Taylor 2015
†Heteropora verrucosa Roemer 1841
G. †Reticrescis Hara 2001
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†Reticrescis transennata Waters 1884
G. †Tholopora Gregory 1909
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†Tholopora australis Taylor and Gordon 2007
†Tholopora clavula d'Orbigny 1854
†Tholopora novaki Gregory 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:05:29
Modified: 2007-09-18 04:05:29
Source: 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 Asselian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 298.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 293.52 Ma

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Bolivia Ceriopora ramosa (133181)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Ceriopora laxa (134036)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Heteropora sp. (112288)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Russian Federation Reptonodicava incrassata (32913)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Chile (Atacama) Heteropora sp. (221820)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Ceriopora sp. (35199)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Ceriopora sp. (68590)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Ceriopora sp. (68425)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Ceriopora angulosa (23887)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France Diplocava biformis, Heteropora arborea (64627)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Heteropora buskana (2247)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Reptonodicava sp. (2222)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Diplocava biformis, Heteropora arborea (61557 61560 61564 61565) Heteropora arborea (61555 61559 61563 66037 66040 66042 66044 66045)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Heteropora arborea (66046 69055)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Ceriopora confusa (96668)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Ceriopora dumosa (2256)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Heteropora arborea (68927 68931) Heteropora arborea, Tholopora clavata (68935)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Heteropora arborea (64072)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Heteropora arborea (68924 68925)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) Ceriopora sp. (177726) Clausa sp., Diplocava sp. (75576)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Ceriopora faringdonensis (68951) Ceriopora faringdonensis, Heteropora constanti (68949) Clausa heteropora (68941) Clausa heteropora, Heteropora constanti (58224) Clausa heteropora, Heteropora constanti, Tholopora clavata (68938) Heteropora constanti, Tholopora clavata (68945) Tholopora clavata (68948)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Ceriopora faringdonensis, Ceriopora collis, Ceriopora dimorphocella, Heteropora clavata, Tholopora virgulosa, Tholopora thomasi (1854)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2France Clausa heteropora, Heteropora constanti (69056)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.2France Heteropora constanti (56539 58115)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2France Clausa heteropora (56672 58882) Clausa heteropora, Heteropora constanti (58884) Heteropora constanti (58860 58936 58937)
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Heteropora michelini (1844)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France (Champagne-Ardenne) Heteropora constanti (90507)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Ceriopora sp. (65719 65722 65725 65733 65738)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia Tholopora novaki (35113 35138)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Bayern) Cerioporidae indet. 1, Cerioporidae indet. 2 (114012)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Clausa heteropora, Tholopora novaki (90518) Tholopora novaki (35144)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Egypt Ceriopora multiformis (24082 24083)
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand Tholopora australis (63092)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany Heteropora verrucosa, Ceriopora micropora, Ceriopora semiglobosa (220829) Heteropora verrucosa, Ceriopora micropora, Ceriopora semiglobosa, Tholopora clavula (220527) Heteropora verrucosa, Tholopora clavula (220830)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Heteropora tennesseensis (88357)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Ceriopora vesiculosa (83238)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Ceriopora ostrupi, Heteropora reticulata, Heteropora crassa, Ceriopora micropora (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) Ceriopora gutta (87002)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) Ceriopora vesiculosa (83261 83292 83293 83295 83297)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Ceriopora sp. (220769)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Heteropora tecta (84051)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Ceriopora rekohuensis (7221)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Ceriopora sp., Tholopora sp., Heteropora scholzi (172944)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Heteropora ovalis, Heteropora amaena (84174)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Ceriopora sp. (188985)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Bayern) Heteropora sp. (123150)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia Ceriopora phlyctaenodes (178898) Heteropora sp. (178892 178893 178895)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Heteropora pelliculata (41578)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Heteropora sp. (176670 176672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Heteropora magna (160361)