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Schizoporella roberti

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae

Taxonomy
Schizoporella roberti was named by Brown (1958). Its type specimen is MGSV, 53043 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nangeela, sample XXII, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine claystone in Australia.

It was recombined as Buffonellaria roberti by Schmidt (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. gunteri, S. japonica, S. magniporosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Schizoporella roberti Brown p. 61 fig. 45
2003Buffonellaria roberti Schmidt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilySchizoporelloideaJullien 1883
familySchizoporellidaeJullien 1883
genusSchizoporellaHincks 1877
speciesroberti

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.

†Schizoporella roberti Brown 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: intermediate Mg calciteg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-27 06:53:46
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:53:46
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Miocene or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Schizoporella roberti (type locality: 173526)