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Cryptosulidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cryptosulidae

Taxonomy
Cryptosulidae was named by Vigneaux (1949).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cheiloporinidae by Bassler (1953).

It was assigned to Ascophora by Pouyet (2000); and to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006).

Subtaxa
Cryptosula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Cryptosulidae Vigneaux
2000Cryptosulidae Pouyet
2006Cryptosulidae Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
familyCryptosulidaeVigneaux 1949
familyCryptosulidaeVigneaux 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. †Cryptosulidae Vigneaux 1949
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G. Cryptosula Canu and Bassler 1925
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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= 5.3, some aragonitef
Created: 2008-02-26 05:11:00
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:20:22
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 Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland Cryptosula terebrata, Cryptosula sp. (70683)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain Cryptosula pallasiana (177485 177486)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Cryptosula pallasiana (70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Cryptosula pallasiana (34723)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Cryptosula pallasiana (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Cryptosula sp. (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Cryptosula pallasiana (177489)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica Cryptosula sp. (41578)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Cryptosula sp. (172911)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand Cryptosula pallasiana (173737)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Cryptosula pallasiana (57702 57705 57706)