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Tetraplaria

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Tetraplariidae

Taxonomy
Tetraplaria was named by Tenison-Woods (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cheiloporinidae by Bassler (1953); to Schizoporellidae by Brown (1958); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tetraplariidae by Cheetham (1972) and Bock (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Tetraplaria Tenison-Woods
1895Bigemellaria MacGillivray
1944Bigemellaria Crespin
1953Tetraplaria Bassler p. G217
1958Tetraplaria Brown
1972Tetraplaria Cheetham
2002Tetraplaria Sepkoski
2006Tetraplaria Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
familyTetraplariidaeHarmer 1957
genusTetraplariaTenison-Woods 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. Tetraplaria Tenison-Woods 1879
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Tetraplaria australis Tenison-Woods 1879
Tetraplaria pedunculata MacGillivray 1895
Tetraplaria simata Cheetham 1972
Tetraplaria turgida Tewari and Srivastava 1967
Invalid names: Bigemellaria MacGillivray 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:46:35
Modified: 2008-02-27 09:01:45
Source: 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 Lutetian to the top of the Calabrian or 47.80000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Gujarat) T. turgida (46298)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) T. petila (7322 7324 7328) T. tuberculata (7329 7330)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) T. petila (7318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga (Eua) T. simata (166841) T. simata, T. turgida (166842)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) T. australis (173509 173512 173526) T. pedunculata (173521)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) T. australis (173504 173506 173516 173517)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Bigemellaria pedunculata (166365)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) T. dichotoma (79772)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) T. dichotoma (79835)