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Membraniporidae
Taxonomy
Membraniporidae was named by Busk (1854). It is extant. Its type is Membranipora.
It was reranked as the superfamily Membraniporidae by Brown (1958).
It was assigned to Malacostega by Bassler (1953); to Cheilostomata by Ulrich and Bassler (1904), Wienrich (1999); to Anasca by Canu and Bassler (1935), Brown (1952), Brown (1956), Brown (1958), Pouyet (2000); to Membraniporoidea by Zágoršek and Kroh (2003), Schmidt (2003), Berning (2006), Gordon (2012), Zagorsek and Gordon (2013); and to Malacostegina by Viera et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the superfamily Membraniporidae by Brown (1958).
It was assigned to Malacostega by Bassler (1953); to Cheilostomata by Ulrich and Bassler (1904), Wienrich (1999); to Anasca by Canu and Bassler (1935), Brown (1952), Brown (1956), Brown (1958), Pouyet (2000); to Membraniporoidea by Zágoršek and Kroh (2003), Schmidt (2003), Berning (2006), Gordon (2012), Zagorsek and Gordon (2013); and to Malacostegina by Viera et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Acanthodesia, Biflustra, Jellyella, Membranipora (syn. Membraniporina) (type genus), Nitscheina, Pseudostege, Tamanicella
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1852 | Biflustridae d'Orbigny p. 217 |
| 1854 | Membraniporidae Busk |
| 1904 | Membraniporidae Ulrich and Bassler p. 407 |
| 1935 | Membraniporidae Canu and Bassler |
| 1949 | Acanthodesiidae Vigneaux p. 11 |
| 1952 | Membraniporidae Brown |
| 1953 | Membraniporidae Bassler p. G155 |
| 1956 | Membraniporidae Brown |
| 1958 | Membraniporidae Brown |
| 1999 | Membraniporidae Wienrich p. 270 |
| 2000 | Membraniporidae Pouyet |
| 2003 | Membraniporidae Schmidt |
| 2003 | Membraniporidae Zágoršek and Kroh p. 400 |
| 2006 | Membraniporidae Berning p. 18 |
| 2012 | Membraniporidae Gordon p. 2 |
| 2013 | Membraniporidae Zagorsek and Gordon p. 598 |
| 2016 | Membraniporidae Viera et al. p. 65 |
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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. Membraniporidae Busk 1854
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G. Acanthodesia Canu and Bassler 1919
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†Acanthodesia bifossata Brown 1952
†Acanthodesia quadrilatera Canu and Bassler 1935
†Acanthodesia regularis Canu and Bassler 1935
G. Biflustra d'Orbigny 1852
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†Biflustra delta Brown 1958
Biflustra orbicularis MacGillivray 1895
†Biflustra regularis d'Orbigny 1852
Biflustra savartii Audouin 1826
†Biflustra teres Novák 1877
G. Jellyella Taylor and Monks 1997
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Jellyella tuberculata Bosc 1802
†Membranipora tuberculata tuberosa Canu 1908
G. Membranipora Blainville 1834
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†Membranipora ancarteri Brown 1958
†Membranipora areolata Canu and Bassler 1935
†Membranipora bifoliata Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Membranipora caminosa Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Membranipora crespinae Brown 1958
†Membranipora deborahae Brown 1952
†Membranipora fistula Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Membranipora fossulifera Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Membranipora germana Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Membranipora longipes Maplestone 1901
†Membranipora nitidula Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Membranipora oblongula Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Membranipora parvula Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Membranipora pegma Brown 1958
†Membranipora striata MacGillivray 1895
Membranipora tenuis Desor 1848
Invalid names: Membraniporina [synonym]
G. †Nitscheina Canu 1900
G. †Pseudostege
G. †Tamanicella Viskova and Koromyslova 2012
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†Tamanicella lapidosa Pallas 1801
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Invalid names: Membranipora bessarabica Sintsov 1875 [synonym], Nitscheina kischenewensis Feofanova 1953 [synonym], Nitscheina lapidosa Feofanova 1953 [synonym], Nitscheina leo Feofanova 1953 [synonym]
†Tamanicella panagiensis Viskova and Koromyslova 2012
Invalid names: Acanthodesiidae Vigneaux 1949 [synonym], Biflustridae d'Orbigny 1852 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 113.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (107 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Albian | USA (Kansas) | Membranipora sp. (1986 2012) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Membranipora sp. (4648 6532 6635) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Arizona) | Membranipora sp. (53488 53489 53491 53492) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | Brazil (Sergipe) | Membranipora sp. (143675) | |
| Coniacian | Algeria | Membranipora vestitens (71823 71826 71827) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Austria | Biflustra teres (61374) | |
| Santonian | France | Membranipora pererrans (3786) | |
| Campanian | France | Biflustra regularis (3787) | |
| Campanian | Algeria | Membranipora vestitens (71824) Membranipora vestitens, Membranipora elliptica, Membranipora reticulum (71822) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Tennessee) | Membraniporina crassimargo (88357) | |
| Maastrichtian | Algeria | Membranipora vestitens, Membranipora involvens, Membranipora simplex (71825) | |
| Danian | Sweden | Membranipora johnstrupi, Membranipora sp. (69603) | |
| Danian | USA (California) | Membranipora sp. (190798) | |
| Danian | Denmark | Membranipora elliptica, Membranipora declivis, Membranipora monocera, Membranipora inermis, Membranipora subgranulata, Membranipora fossata (89866) Membranipora sparsispina, Membranipora sp. (2964) | |
| Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Membraniporina rimulata (84051) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Florida) | Membranipora sp. (120294) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Membraniporina sinesolum (7316) | |
| Bartonian | Egypt | Membranipora sp. (97545) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Florida) | Membranipora sp. (49882) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Colombia | Membranipora sp. (103544) | |
| Runangan | New Zealand | Membranipora deborahae (173838) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Alabama) | Acanthodesia savartii (90564) Acanthodesia savartii, Membraniporina tubulosa, Membraniporina arcana (90528) Membraniporina tubulosa (90550) | |
| Oligocene | New Zealand (North-West Nelson) | Acanthodesia bifossata (173837) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Biflustra delta (173526) Biflustra regularis (173509 173510 173512) Biflustra regularis, Membranipora crespinae (173508) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Hessen) | Biflustra osnabrugensis (90524) | |
| Chattian | Germany | Biflustra osnabrugensis (46102) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Acanthodesia quadrilatera (174151) Acanthodesia regularis (174154) Membranipora areolata (174140) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Australia (Victoria) | Biflustra regularis (173511) Biflustra regularis, Biflustra delta (173528) Biflustra regularis, Biflustra delta, Membranipora ancarteri, Membranipora crespinae (173506) Biflustra regularis, Biflustra delta, Membranipora longipes, Membranipora pegma, Membranipora crespinae, Membranipora striata (173504) Biflustra regularis, Membranipora longipes (173502) Membranipora sp. (173525) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | Biflustra mitiae (178702) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (New Jersey) | Acanthodesia savarti (59720 59738 59741 59742) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | French Southern Territories (Kerguelen Island) | Membranipora sp. (209847) | |
| Burdigalian | France | Biflustra falunica (65395) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | Membranipora tuberculata (173830) | |
| Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Acanthodesia quadrilatera (174139) | |
| Langhian | Ukraine (Crimea) | Membranipora sp. (194975 194987) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Acanthodesia simplex, Membranipora argus (166365) | |
| Middle Miocene | Romania | Biflustra sp. (178089) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Biflustra savartii (61896 61898 61900) Membraniporidae indet. (61897) | |
| Middle Miocene | Czechia | Membranipora diadema, Membranipora nobilis (178898) Membranipora nobilis (178892 178893 178896 178897 178902) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Membranipora sp. (79352) | |
| Tortonian | Spain | Biflustra savartii (177482) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Biflustra savartii (61342) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Biflustra savartii (61334) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Acanthodesia savartii (74956) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation | Tamanicella lapidosa, Tamanicella panagiensis (195022) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Ukraine (Crimea) | Membranipora elliptica (194985 194986) | |
| Messinian | Morocco | Membranipora sp. (34723) | |
| Messinian | Spain | Biflustra savartii (177488) | |
| Zanclean | Portugal | Biflustra sp. (152330) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Membranipora dentata (166744) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Biflustra savartii (172913) | |
| Pliocene | Spain | Biflustra savartii (177489 177490 177491) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Membranipora osburni, Membranipora tenella (58522) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas) | Biflustra savartii (79983) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | Biflustra savartii (61340 61344 79998 91901 91902) | |
| Calabrian | Costa Rica (Limon) | Biflustra savartii (79835) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Membranipora tuberculata (202634) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Membranipora tenuis (219029) Membranipora tuberculata (160361) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Membranipora tenuis (57702 57703 57704 57705) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Acanthodesia oblongula, Acanthodesia savartii, Membranipora flabellata (48886) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Acanthodesia commensale (146275) |