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Schizoporella butleri

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae

Taxonomy
Schizoporella butleri was named by Brown (1952). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hawkes Bay, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Schizoporella butleri Brown p. 246 fig. 180

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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
speciesbutleri

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 butleri Brown 1952
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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: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand Schizoporella butleri (type locality: 173740)