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Petalopora

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Petaloporidae

Taxonomy
Petalopora was named by Lonsdale (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is the type genus of Petaloporidae.

It was assigned to Cyclostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Petaloporidae by Bassler (1953) and Zágoršek and Kroh (2003).

Species
P. concinna, P. pulchella (syn. P. seriata)
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. flavapetrensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Petalopora Lonsdale p. 285
1953Petalopora Bassler p. G63
2002Petalopora Sepkoski
2003Petalopora Zágoršek and Kroh p. 398

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCyclostomataBusk 1852
suborderCancellataGregory 1896
familyPetaloporidaeGregory 1899
genusPetalopora

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. †Petalopora Lonsdale 1850
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†Petalopora concinna Roemer 1841
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Invalid names: Petalopora seriata Novák 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:05:29
Modified: 2007-09-18 04:05:29
Source: 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 Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 136.40000 to 83.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 130.0 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France P. flavapetrensis (66037 66040 66042)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) P. rugosa (64072)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France P. rugosa (68938 68945)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany P. pulchella, P. concinna (220527 220829 220830)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria P. sp. (61374)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany P. concinna (220831)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France P. costata (3787)