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Aspidostomatidae
Taxonomy
Aspidostomatidae was named by Jullien (1888). Its type is Aspidostoma.
It was assigned to Coilostega by Bassler (1953); to Membraniporidae by Brown (1952) and Brown (1958); to Cheilostomatida by Lee et al. (1997); to Flustrina by Gordon and Taylor (1999); to Anasca by Canu and Bassler (1935) and Pouyet (2000); to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006); and to Microporoidea by Schmidt (2003), Gordon and Taylor (2015) and Brezina et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Coilostega by Bassler (1953); to Membraniporidae by Brown (1952) and Brown (1958); to Cheilostomatida by Lee et al. (1997); to Flustrina by Gordon and Taylor (1999); to Anasca by Canu and Bassler (1935) and Pouyet (2000); to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006); and to Microporoidea by Schmidt (2003), Gordon and Taylor (2015) and Brezina et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Aspidostoma (type genus), Crateropora, Macropora (syn. Macroporina), Melychocella, Odontionella, Semiescharinella
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Aspidostomatidae Jullien |
| 1935 | Aspidostomatidae Canu and Bassler |
| 1949 | Macroporidae Uttley |
| 1952 | Aspidostomatidae Brown |
| 1952 | Macroporidae Brown |
| 1953 | Aspidostomatidae Bassler p. G174 |
| 1958 | Aspidostomatidae Brown |
| 1958 | Macroporidae Brown |
| 1997 | Aspidostomatidae Lee et al. |
| 1997 | Macroporidae Lee et al. |
| 1999 | Aspidostomatidae Gordon and Taylor |
| 2000 | Aspidostomatidae Pouyet |
| 2003 | Aspidostomatidae Schmidt |
| 2003 | Macroporidae Schmidt |
| 2006 | Aspidostomatidae Bock |
| 2015 | Aspidostomatidae Gordon and Taylor |
| 2021 | Aspidostomatidae Brezina et al. p. 17 |
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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. †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 gelasinus Gordon and Taylor 2015
†Aspidostoma litotes Gordon and Taylor 1999
†Aspidostoma onychocelliferum Canu 1911
†Aspidostoma turricula Brown 1952
†Aspidostoma twinn Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. Crateropora
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†Crateropora inconspicua Brown 1958
†Crateropora muralis Brown 1952
†Crateropora ordinata Waters 1883
†Crateropora patula Waters 1881
G. Macropora
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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 grandis levinseni Brown 1952
†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 cynura Gordon and Taylor 1999
†Melychocella obliqua Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. Odontionella
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†Odontionella bullata Brown 1958
Odontionella cyclops Busk 1854
Odontionella cyclops tessellata Hutton 1873
G. †Semiescharinella
Invalid names: Macroporidae Uttley 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Castlecliffian or 66.00000 to 0.34000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (39 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | Sweden | Semiescharinella complanata (69603) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Aspidostoma onychocelliferum (220768) | |
| Danian | Denmark | Semiescharinella complanata (2964) | |
| Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Macropora aquiae (84051) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | New Zealand (Chatham Island) | Aspidostoma litotes, Aspidostoma cinnabarina, Melychocella cynura (7221) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | New Zealand (Chatham Island) | Melychocella bilamellata, Melychocella obliqua, Aspidostoma clava, Aspidostoma gelasinus, Aspidostoma twinn (172944) | |
| Priabonian | New Zealand (North Otago) | Aspidostoma curvatum, Macroporina waimatukuensis (172815) Macroporina waimatukuensis (172816) | |
| Runangan | New Zealand | Aspidostoma curvatum, Aspidostoma turricula (173839) Aspidostoma curvatum, Odontionella cyclops, Aspidostoma turricula (173838) | |
| Oligocene | New Zealand (North-West Nelson) | Crateropora muralis (173837) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Aspidostoma airense (173510) Aspidostoma airense, Crateropora patula, Crateropora ordinata (173512) Crateropora ordinata (173527) Macropora sp. (173521) Macropora sp., Crateropora ordinata (173526) Odontionella bullata, Aspidostoma airense, Crateropora patula, Crateropora inconspicua (173508) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Macropora clarkei (174147) Macropora quadriseriata (174142) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Australia (Victoria) | Aspidostoma cavatum, Crateropora ordinata (173525) Crateropora patula (173511) Crateropora sp., Macropora sp. (173519) Macropora crassatina (173516) Macropora cribrilifera, Crateropora patula, Crateropora inconspicua (173506) Macropora sp. (173518 173524) Macropora sp., Aspidostoma airense (173502) Macropora sp., Aspidostoma airense, Crateropora patula, Crateropora inconspicua (173504) Macropora sp., Odontionella cyclops, Aspidostoma cavatum, Crateropora ordinata (173528) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | Odontionella cyclops, Macropora grandis (173830) | |
| Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Crateropora patula (167299) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Aspidostoma airensis, Macropora crassatina, Crateropora patula, Macropora clarkei (166365) | |
| Waiauan | New Zealand | Odontionella cyclops (173831) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Crateropora patula (166810) | |
| Pliocene | New Zealand | Macropora grandis (173741) Odontionella cyclops, Macropora grandis (173737 173739 173740) | |
| Castlecliffian | New Zealand | Odontionella cyclops (173732) |