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Gigantopora

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Galeopsis Jullien
1935Gigantopora Canu and Bassler
1952Gigantopora Brown
1953Gigantopora Bassler p. G198
1958Gigantopora Brown
2002Galeopsis Sepkoski
2002Gigantopora Sepkoski
2006Gigantopora Bock
2015Gigantopora Di Martino and Taylor
2015Gigantopora Gordon and Taylor

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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
familyGigantoporidaeBassler 1935
genusGigantopora

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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Gigantopora cribraria MacGillivray 1895
Gigantopora elongata Canu and Bassler 1935
Gigantopora grandis Gordon and Taylor 2015
Gigantopora hexagonalis Canu and Bassler 1935
Gigantopora hystrix Canu and Bassler 1935
Gigantopora milenae Di Martino and Taylor 2015
Gigantopora minutiporosa Canu and Bassler 1935
Gigantopora modesta Gordon and Taylor 2015
Gigantopora perforata Canu and Bassler 1935
Gigantopora tuberculosa Maplestone 1902
Invalid names: Galeopsis Jullien 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:19:13
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:19:13
Source: f = family, 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 Eocene to the top of the Calabrian or 55.80000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6New Zealand (Chatham Island) G. modesta, G. grandis (172944)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) G. cyclops (7324)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03New Zealand (North-West Nelson) G. polymorpha (173837)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) G. columnata (173510) G. tuberculosa (173512)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) G. elongata (174148) G. hexagonalis, G. perforata, G. minutiporosa (174147) G. minutiporosa (174143)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) G. cribraria (173519) G. sp. (173502) G. tuberculosa (173504 173506)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) G. hystrix, G. hexagonalis, G. perforata (174139)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) G. cribraria (166365)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia G. milenae (173650 173658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand G. biturrita (173737)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Costa Rica (Limon) G. fenestrata (79845)