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Rhinidictya

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae

Taxonomy
Rhinidictya was named by Ulrich (1882). Its type is Rhinidictya nicholsoni. It is the type genus of Rhinidictyidae, Rhinidictyonidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stictopora by Phillips (1960).

It was assigned to Rhinidictyonidae by Bassler (1953); to Rhinidictyinae by Xia et al. (2007); to Cryptostomida by Layou (2009); and to Rhinidictyidae by Ma et al. (2015).

Synonyms
  • Stictopora was named by Ulrich (1882) [Not homonym Stictopora Hall 1847].

    It was synonymized subjectively with Rhinidictya by Bassler (1953).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Stictopora Ulrich
1882Rhinidictya Ulrich p. 152
1953Rhinidictya Bassler p. G140
2007Rhinidictya Xia et al. p. 1322
2009Rhinidictya Layou
2015Rhinidictya Ma et al. p. 927

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderPtilodictyina
familyRhinidictyidae(Ulrich 1878)
genusRhinidictyaUlrich 1882

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.

G. †Rhinidictya Ulrich 1882
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Rhinidictya exserta Eichwald 1847
Rhinidictya mutabilis Ulrich 1882
Invalid names: Stictopora Ulrich 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Keila to the top of the Ludfordian or 460.90000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (148 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Virginia) R. sp. (6992)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Minnesota) R. sp. (10754)
Chazy466.0 - 457.5USA (New York) R. bryozoan (172221)
Keila460.9 - 455.8Sweden (Dalarne) R. excerta (169113)
Keila460.9 - 455.8Estonia R. exserta (161165) R. mutabilis (167555)
Ashbyan460.9 - 449.5USA (Virginia) R. sp. (33995 33996 33997)
Blackriveran460.9 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) R. basalis, R. lebanonensis, R. trentonensis, R. tabulata (5331) R. nashvillensis, R. salemensis, R. tabulata (5329) R. nashvillensis, R. tabulata (5328)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) R. sp. (9298)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) R. sp. (336)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5USA (Virginia) R. sp. (326)
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5USA (Georgia) R. mutabilis (32631 32632 32633 32634 32635 32872 32873 32874 32875 32879 32880 32881 33065 33182 33186 33188) R. sp. (32559 32560 32561 32562 32563 32570 32571 32657 32658 32808 32813 32815 32817 32882) R. sp., R. mutabilis (32614 32615 32617 32618 32619)
Caradocian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) R. mutabilis (26274)
Caradocian460.9 - 449.5USA (Virginia) R. sp. (34007 34028 34029 34030 34031 34032 34152 34153 34167 34168 34169)
Chatfieldian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) R. sp. (26263)
Chatfieldian - Maysvillian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) R. sp. (188774)
Edenian460.9 - 449.5USA (Pennsylvania) R. sp. (34895)
Edenian460.9 - 449.5USA (Ohio) R. sp. (383 384 385)
Edenian - Maysvillian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) R. neglecta (26293)
Kirkfieldian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) R. mutabilis (26192)
Rocklandian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota) R. exigua, R. mutabilis (219965)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) R. mutabilis (26272)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) R. sp. (5351) R. trentonensis (5357)
Wildernessian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) R. sp. (26949)
Mohawkian457.5 - 452.5USA (Tennessee) R. sp. (86084 86095 86096 86097 86098 86099 86100 86101 86102 86103 86104 86107 86108 86109 86110 86113 86114 86115 86117 86118 86119 86120 86121 86122 86123 86124 86130 86134 86135 86136 86138 86140 86192 86198 86200 86215 86221 86225 86226)
Mohawkian457.5 - 452.5USA (Kentucky) R. sp. (85824 85826 85969 85972 85973 85983 85990 85992 85993 86005 86008 86049 86050 86051 86052 86053 86057 86058 86063 86065 86066 86071)
Mohawkian457.5 - 452.5USA (Virginia) R. sp. (85740 85741 85742 85743 85746)
Rakvere455.8 - 452.0Estonia (Lääne-Virumaa) R. exserta (155682)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) R. altaica (204796)
Richmond - Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Ohio) R. sp. (392)
Richmondian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Nunavut) R. sp. (101984)
Richmondian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Northwest Territories) R. sp. (188772)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China (ZheJiang) R. sp. (7775)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (Indiana) R. sp. (6706)