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Cupularia

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae

Taxonomy
Cupularia was named by Canu and Bassler.

It was assigned to Microporidae by Ulrich and Bassler (1904); and to Bryozoa by Maury (1924).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Cupularia Ulrich and Bassler p. 414
1924Cupularia Maury p. 379

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyMicroporidaeHincks 1880
genusCupulariaCanu and Bassler

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.

G. †Cupularia Canu and Bassler
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Cupularia denticulata Conrad 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:48:43
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:26:23
Source: f = family, 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 Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) C. canariensis (60979 60983)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Netherlands C. haidingeri, C. umbellata (123949 123950)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago C. umbellata (74921 74922)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago C. sp. (74956)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica C. umbellata (58522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Lunulites denticulata (203376)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. denticulata (34269)