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Microporellidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Microporellidae Hincks
1888Fenestrulinidae Jullien p. 8
1904Microporellidae Ulrich and Bassler p. 415
1952Microporellidae Brown
1953Microporellidae Bassler p. G207
1958Microporellidae Brown
2000Microporellidae Pouyet
2006Microporellidae Berning p. 100
2007Microporellidae Guha and Gopikrishna
2010Microporellidae Zagorsek et al.
2012Microporellidae Gordon p. 11
2015Microporellidae Di Martino and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilySchizoporelloideaJullien 1883
familyMicroporellidaeHincks 1879
familyMicroporellidaeHincks 1879

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. Microporellidae Hincks 1879
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G. Adelascopora Hayward and Thorpe 1988
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Invalid names: Pseudoadelascopora Gontar 2002 [synonym]
G. Calloporina Neviani 1895
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Calloporina diadema MacGillivray 1869
G. Cribriporella Soule et al. 2003
G. Diporula Hincks 1879
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Diporula verrucosa Peach 1868
G. Fenestrulina Jullien 1888
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Fenestrulina harmelini David et al. 1972
Fenestrulina malusii Audouin 1826
G. Flustramorpha Gray 1848
G. Microporella Hincks 1877
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Subg. Microporella (Ellipsopora) Canu and Bassler 1923
Subg. Microporella (Microporella) Hincks 1877
Microporella berningi Zagorsek 2010
Microporella bifoliata Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Microporella browni Harmelin et al. 2011
Microporella cailleti Canu and Bassler 1935
Microporella coronata Audouin 1826
Microporella ferrea Waters 1882
Microporella hyadesi Jullien 1888
Microporella inamoena Reuss 1874
Microporella inflata Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Microporella macropora Stoliczka 1862
Microporella ordo Brown 1952
Microporella praeciliata Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Microporella waghotensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Invalid names: Microporelloides Soule et al. 2003 [synonym], Tremolyrula Vigneaux 1949 [synonym]
G. Tenthrenulina Gordon 1984
Invalid names: Fenestrulinidae Jullien 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: mean weight-% MgCO3=5.2 based on 8 specimens. Some aragonitef
Created: 2008-02-26 05:47:39
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:25:49
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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Microporella hyadesi (173837)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand Microporella hyadesi (173832)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Microporella ciliata (173506)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45India (Gujarat) Microporella sp., Microporella waghotensis (177173)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Microporella sp., Microporella waghotensis (178702)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia Microporella coronata (173651)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Microporella sp. (188985)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Indonesia Microporella sp. (173652) Microporella sp. A (145215)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Microporella ciliata, Microporella hyadesi, Fenestrulina malusii (173830)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Microporella cailleti (174139)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia Microporella ciliata (178892 178893 178894 178895 178896 178899)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Microporella pocelliformis (166365)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania Microporella berningi (178090)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata (34739)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia Calloporina sp. (173658) Microporella browni (173647)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Microporella normani, Microporella umbracula (61342)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain Calloporina decorata (177481) Calloporina decorata, Diporula verrucosa (177482) Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata (177485) Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata, Calloporina decorata (177486) Microporella sp., Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata, Microporella inamoena, Microporella coronata (178465)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Calloporina decorata (177488) Microporella coronata (177487)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Microporella umbracula (61347)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Microporella ciliata (69864) Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata (70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Microporella ciliata (34724) Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata (34723)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Fenestrulina joannae (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Calloporina sp., Microporella sp. 1, Microporella sp. 2 (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58New Zealand Calloporina napierensis (173738) Microporella ciliata (173741) Microporella ciliata, Fenestrulina malusii, Calloporina diadema (173739) Microporella ciliata, Microporella hyadesi, Microporella speculum, Fenestrulina malusii (173737) Microporella ciliata, Microporella speculum, Calloporina diadema, Calloporina napierensis (173740)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Microporella ciliata, Fenestrulina malusii (41581)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Calloporina decorata, Diporula verrucosa (177491) Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata (177490) Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata, Fenestrulina harmelini (177489)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Microporella sp. (238615 238618 238619 238620 238622)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Microporella umbracula (79772)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Microporella sp. (237594)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece Fenestrulina malusi, Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata, Calloporina decorata, Diporula verrucosa (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Microporella ciliata, Fenestrulina malusii (146291 146292 146293)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117New Zealand Microporella ciliata, Calloporina diadema (173728)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Microporella umbracula (79842 79844)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Fenestrulina malusii, Calloporina diadema (173732) Microporella ciliata, Calloporina diadema (173733) Microporella ordo, Fenestrulina malusii (173734)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Microporella eustomata, Microporella ciliata (202634 202648) Microporella heermani (222979)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Microporella ciliata (57702 57703 57704 57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Microporella ciliata, Microporella californica (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Microporella marsupiata (146275)