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Quadricellariidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae

Taxonomy
Quadricellariidae was named by Gordon (1984).

It was assigned to Calloporoidea by Schmidt (2003); and to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Quadricellariidae Gordon
2003Quadricellariidae Schmidt
2006Quadricellariidae Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
familyQuadricellariidaeGordon 1984
familyQuadricellariidaeGordon 1984

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. †Quadricellariidae Gordon 1984
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G. Nellia Busk 1852
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Nellia kutchensis Tewari and Srivastava 1967
Nellia narayani Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
Nellia quadrangularis Tewari and Srivastava 1967
Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Nellia oculata Busk 1852 [synonym]
Nellia walasaraensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: 10% MgCO3f
Created: 2008-02-27 06:37:50
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Bock 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Calabrian or 66.00000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Nellia midwayanica (83297)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Nellia stricta (10239)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Nellia sp. (3259)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Gujarat) Nellia narayani (177176)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0India (Gujarat) Nellia kutchensis (177175)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India Nellia kutchensis (178700) Nellia narayani (178699)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Nellia oscitans, Nellia tenella (7322 7324 7327) Nellia tenella (7325 7328 7332)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Nellia tenella (7331)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Nellia oscitans, Nellia tenella (7318 7319)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Nellia bifaciata (84174)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Nellia tenella (90479)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Nellia bifaciata (90562) Nellia oculata (90563)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Nellia bifaciata, Nellia oculata (90565) Nellia oculata (90552 90566)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03India Nellia kutchensis, Nellia quadrangularis, Nellia walasaraensis (178701)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03India (Gujarat) Nellia kutchensis, Nellia quadrangularis, Nellia walasaraensis (177174)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Nellia oculata (173516)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44India (Gujarat) Nellia kutchensis, Nellia quadrangularis (177173)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Nellia tenella (211329)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Nellia oculata (112577)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Nellia kutchensis, Nellia quadrangularis (178702 178703)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Nellia kutchensis (46295) Nellia kutchensis, Nellia quadrangularis (177172) Nellia quadrangularis (46306)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Nellia oculato (47007)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Nellia sp. (166365)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Nellia tenella (61342)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Nellia oculata (34723 34724)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Nellia oculata (172911 172913)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Nellia tenella (61340 79998 91901 91902)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Nellia tenella (79772)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Nellia tenella (79835 79842 79844)