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Ropalonaria

Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Ropalonariidae

Taxonomy
Ropalonaria was named by Ulrich (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-m K Apti Sepkoski's reference number: 710 boring]. It is the type genus of Ropalonariidae.

It was assigned to Ctenostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ropalonariidae by Bassler (1953) and Bock (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Ropalonaria Ulrich
1953Ropalonaria Bassler p. G35
2002Ropalonaria Sepkoski
2006Ropalonaria Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCtenostomataBusk 1852
familyRopalonariidaeNickles and Bassler 1900
genusRopalonariaUlrich 1879

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. †Ropalonaria Ulrich 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: aragonitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Data from Meyer et al. (2009).g
Created: 2009-07-20 13:24:09
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:24:09
Source: g = genus, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Meyer et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Richmondian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 449.60000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) R. sp. (72428)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) R. sp. (368 72804 72870 72873 72874 73038 73121)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) R. sp. (392 393)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) R. sp. (462)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) R. sp. (541)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Wales) R. sp. (74805)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) R. givetiana (161475)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) R. sp. (2185 2187 2191 2202 2204 2208)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) R. sp. (557)
Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian170.3 - 164.7USA (Wyoming) R. arachne (90519)