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Fenestrulina

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Fenestrulina Canu and Bassler
1952Fenestrulina Brown
1953Fenestrulina Bassler p. G207
2000Fenestrulina Pouyet
2002Fenestrulina Sepkoski
2006Fenestrulina Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilySchizoporelloideaJullien 1883
familyMicroporellidae
genusFenestrulina

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.

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Fenestrulina harmelini David et al. 1972
Fenestrulina malusii Audouin 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:47:39
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:25:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 19.00000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand F. malusii (173830)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) F. joannae (122994)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica F. malusii (41581)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand F. malusii (173737 173739)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain F. harmelini (177489)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece F. malusi (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy F. malusii (146291 146292 146293)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand F. malusii (173732 173734)