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Ellisinidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Ellisinidae

Taxonomy
Ellisinidae was named by Vigneaux (1949). It is extant. Its type is Ellisina.

It was assigned to Calloporoidea by Håkansson et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Ellisina (syn. Ellisinidra) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Ellisinidae Vigneaux
2024Ellisinidae Håkansson et al. p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyCalloporoideaNorman 1903
familyEllisinidaeVigneaux 1949
familyEllisinidaeVigneaux 1949

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. Ellisinidae Vigneaux 1949
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G. Ellisina Norman 1903
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†Ellisina gautieri Fernandez Pupleiro and Reverter Gil 1993
†Ellisina gregsoni MacGillivray 1895
Ellisina incrustans Waters 1898
Ellisina profunda MacGillivray 1895
†Ellisina pyriformis Canu and Bassler 1935
Invalid names: Ellisinidra [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: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Pliocene or 72.20000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Ellisina saratogaensis (90500)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Ellisina sp. (235528 235529)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Ellisina britannica, Ellisina reticulata (2964)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Sweden Ellisina brittanica (69603)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Ellisina spiculosa, Ellisina angusta (84051)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Ellisina laxa (7321 7329)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Ellisina profunda (84174)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) Ellisina sp. 1, Ellisina sp. 2 (172815)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Ellisina pyriformis (173837)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Ellisina gregsoni, Ellisina profunda (173512) Ellisina profunda (173508 173521)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Ellisinidra pyriformis (174147 174150)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Ellisina gregsoni (173506) Ellisina gregsoni, Ellisina incrustans (173504)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Ellisina mianica (46306)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Ellisina pyriformis (173830)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Ellisinidra pyriformis (174139)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Ellisinidra cylindriformis (166365)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain Ellisina gautieri (178465)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58New Zealand Ellisina incrustans (173737 173740)