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Microporoidea

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Microporoidea Gray
2003Microporoidea Schmidt
2003Microporoidea Zágoršek and Kroh p. 402
2006Microporoidea Berning p. 34
2007Microporoidea Guha and Gipikrishna p. 804
2013Microporoidea Di Martino and Taylor p. 87
2014Microporoidea Di Martino and Taylor
2015Microporoidea Gordon and Taylor
2017Microporoidea Taylor and Martha
2020Microporoidea Koromyslova and Seltser p. 701
2021Microporoidea Brezina et al. p. 17

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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
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848

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.

Superfm. Microporoidea Gray 1848
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Fm. Aspidostomatidae Jullien 1888
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G. Aspidostoma Hincks 1881
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Aspidostoma airense Maplestone 1902
Aspidostoma cavatum Waters 1883
Aspidostoma cinnabarina Gordon and Taylor 1999
Aspidostoma clava Gordon and Taylor 2015
Aspidostoma curvatum Uttley 1949
Aspidostoma duoavicularia Håkansson et al. 2024
Aspidostoma enchiridium Håkansson et al. 2024
Aspidostoma gelasinus Gordon and Taylor 2015
Aspidostoma gleddeni Håkansson et al. 2024
Aspidostoma litotes Gordon and Taylor 1999
Aspidostoma obesum Håkansson et al. 2024
Aspidostoma titan Håkansson et al. 2024
Aspidostoma turricula Brown 1952
Aspidostoma twinn Gordon and Taylor 2015
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Crateropora muralis Brown 1952
Crateropora ordinata Waters 1883
Crateropora patula Waters 1881
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Macropora clarkei Tenison-Woods 1877
Macropora clarkei attenuata Canu and Bassler 1935
Macropora crassatina Waters 1882
Macropora cribrilifera Maplestone 1901
Macropora grandis Hutton 1873
Macropora quadriseriata Canu and Bassler 1935
Invalid names: Macroporina [synonym]
G. †Melychocella Gordon and Taylor 1999
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Melychocella bilamellata Gordon and Taylor 2015
Melychocella cretacea Håkansson et al. 2024
Melychocella cynura Gordon and Taylor 1999
Melychocella obliqua Gordon and Taylor 2015
Invalid names: Macroporidae Uttley 1949 [synonym]
Fm. †Cardabiellidae Håkansson et al. 2024
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G. †Cardabiella Håkansson et al. 2024
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Cardabiella ovicellata Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Isocardabiella Håkansson et al. 2024
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Isocardabiella clavata Håkansson et al. 2024
Fm. †Coscinopleuridae Canu 1913
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Fm. Microporidae Hincks 1880
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G. Andreella Jullien 1888
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Andreella dubia Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. Caleschara MacGillivray 1880
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Caleschara denticulata MacGillivray 1869
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Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796
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Cianotremella dimorpha Håkansson et al. 2024
Cianotremella pilbara Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Cupularia Canu and Bassler
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Cupularia denticulata Conrad 1841
G. Micropora Gray 1848
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Micropora carinata Maplestone 1901
Micropora chathamica Gordon and Taylor 2015
Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847
Micropora elegans Maplestone 1901
Micropora papyracea Reuss 1848
Micropora quadriporosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
Micropora rhombica Eichwald 1847
Micropora vredenburgi Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
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Microporina biswasi Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
G. Mollia Lamouroux 1821
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Mollia circumcincta Heller 1867
G. †Monsella
G. †Nematoporella Canu and Bassler 1927
G. †Rimosocella Cheetham 1960
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Rimosocella laciniosa Canu and Bassler 1920
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Rosseliana pulchra Brown 1952
G. †Selenariopsis Maplestone 1913
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Vibracella parvula Canu and Bassler 1935
Fm. Onychocellidae Jullien 1882
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G. †Aechmella Canu and Bassler 1917
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Aechmella ambigua MacGillivray 1895
Aechmella depressa MacGillivray 1895
Aechmella poluzzii Moissette 1988
Aechmella rangiauriensis Taylor and Gordon 2007
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Cheethamia aktolagayensis Koromyslova et al. 2018
Cheethamia dividia Håkansson et al. 2024
Cheethamia volgaensis Koromyslova and Seltser 2020
G. Chondriovelum Hayward and Thorpe 1988
G. †Collura
G. †Distefanella Cipolla 1922
G. †Ehrhardina Martha and Taylor 2016
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Ehrhardina pikeae Martha and Taylor 2016
Ehrhardina voigti Martha and Taylor 2016
G. †Euritina
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Euritina denticulata Roemer 1840
G. Floridina Jullien 1881
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Floridina asymmetrica Canu and Bassler 1920
Floridina elegans Gordon and Taylor 2015
Floridina pentagonus Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
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Floridinella australiensis Canu and Bassler 1935
G. †Inversaria von Hagenow 1851
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Inversaria gondwanae Gordon and Taylor 1999
G. †Nudicella Schmidt and Bone 2004
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Nudicella dissidens Håkansson et al. 2024
Nudicella fossilis Gordon and Taylor 1999
G. †Ogiva Jullien 1881
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Ogiva concamerata Waters 1881
Ogiva ellinorvoigtae Martha et al. 2015
Ogiva elongata Canu and Bassler 1935
Ogiva incompta Gordon and Taylor 1999
Ogiva promonturiorum Voigt 1924
G. Onychocella Jullien 1882
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Onychocella cyclostoma Goldfuss 1826
Onychocella depressa von Hagenow 1851
Onychocella lamellosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
Onychocella michaudiana d'Orbigny 1850
Onychocella reussi Prantl 1938
Onychocella spinifera Voigt 1981
Onychocella subtriangulata Gordon and Taylor 2015
Onychocella torquata Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
Invalid names: Reptocelleporaria D'Orbigny [synonym]
G. †Paraechmellina Håkansson et al. 2024
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Paraechmellina simulata Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Reptolunulites d'Orbigny 1852
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Rhagasostoma angliae Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma aralense Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma brydonei Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma gibbosulum Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma gibbosum Marsson 1887
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Invalid names: Rhagasostoma gibbosum weybournensis Brydone 1930 [synonym], Rhagasostoma subgibbosum Brydone 1930 [synonym]
Rhagasostoma inelegans Lonsdale 1850
Rhagasostoma infelix Håkansson et al. 2024
Rhagasostoma mimosa Brydone 1930
Rhagasostoma minuens Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma operculatum Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma rowei Brydone 1906
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Invalid names: Eschara volgensis Eichwald 1865 [synonym]
Rhagasostoma saltans Brydone 1930
Rhagasostoma tchvanovi Favorskaya 1992
G. †Rhebasia
G. Smittipora Jullien 1882
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Invalid names: Diplopholeous [synonym], Rectonychocella [synonym], Velumella [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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (234 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Inversaria orbicularis (1816)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Thyracella sp. (65727)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Ehrhardina pikeae (94265)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ehrhardina voigti (220517 220518)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Ehrhardina voigti (220514) Euritina denticulata (220520) Euritina sp., Ehrhardina voigti (220519)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Aechmella sp., Onychocella sp. (220516)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Onychocella novaki, Onychocella reussi (90517 90518)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma brydonei (216925)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Onychocella acis, Onychocella aegon, Onychocella cyntia (3785)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Algeria Membranipora ambigua (71826)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma brydonei, Rhagasostoma minuens (216926)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Onychocella sp. (3736)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Ogiva ellinorvoigtae, Ogiva promonturiorum (175916) Ogiva promonturiorum (175915 175917)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Flustra inelegans (216920)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Onychocella aegle, Onychocella santonensis, Semieschara norvicia, Smittipora sp. (3786)
Santonian - Maastrichtian86.3 - 66.0Russian Federation (Ulyanovsk) Eschara volgensis (216948 216949)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Onychocella depressa, Onychocella michaudiana, Onychocella pseudoirregularis, Onychocella reussi, Onychocella cyclostoma (61374)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma inelegans (216921) Rhagasostoma minuens (216927)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany (Niedersachsen) Ogiva ellinorvoigtae, Ogiva promonturiorum (175914)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma operculatum (216938)