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Hippopodinidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae

Taxonomy
Hippopodinidae was named by Levinsen (1909). It is extant.

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

It was assigned to Ascophora by Cheetham (1962); to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006); and to Schizoporelloidea by Di Martino and Taylor (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Hippopodinidae Levinsen
1962Hippopodinidae Cheetham p. 327
2006Hippopodinidae Bock
2015Hippopodinidae Di Martino and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
familyHippopodinidaeLevinsen 1909
familyHippopodinidaeLevinsen 1909

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. Hippopodinidae Levinsen 1909
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G. †Archoporella Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
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Archoporella capsulata Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
Archoporella discidiata Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
Archoporella sepultica Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
G. Hippopodina Levinsen 1909
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Hippopodina inaequalis Brown 1952
Hippopodina indicata Di Martino and Taylor 2015
Hippopodina pulcherrima Canu and Bassler 1928
Hippopodina stephensi Cheetham 1962
Hippopodina vibraculifera Canu and Bassler 1917
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Saevitella renemai Di Martino and Taylor 2015
G. Thornelya Harmer 1957
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=6 based on 2 specimensf
Created: 2008-02-26 05:22:08
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:50:39
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0India (Gujarat) Archoporella capsulata, Archoporella discidiata (177175)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India Archoporella capsulata, Archoporella discidiata (178700)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Hippopodina vibraculifera (7330)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Hippopodina stephensi (90479 90480)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Hippopodina feegeensis (173838) Hippopodina inaequalis (173839)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03India Archoporella sepultica (178701)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03India (Gujarat) Archoporella sepultica (177174)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Hippopodina sp. (211329 211330)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia Hippopodina indicata, Saevitella renemai (173651)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Hippopodina feegeensis (173830)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia Hippopodina feegeensis (173649) Thornelya sp. (173650)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia Hippopodina feegeensis (173657)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia Hippopodina pulcherrima (173661)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Saevitella sp. (152330)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Hippopodina feegeensis (79842)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Hippopodina feegeensis (160361)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Hippopodina feegeensis (97607 97608)