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Malacostega

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata

Taxonomy
Malacostega was named by Levinsen (1902). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Malacostega by Bassler (1953).

It was assigned to Anasca by Bassler (1953); and to Cheilostomata by Schmidt (2003).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Malacostega Levinsen
1953Malacostega Bassler p. G154
2003Malacostega Schmidt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderAnascaLevinsen 1909
Malacostega(Levinsen 1902)
Malacostega(Levinsen 1902)

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.

Unr. Malacostega Levinsen 1902
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Fm. Hincksinidae Canu and Bassler 1927
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G. Cauloramphus Norman 1903
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Cranosina coronata Hincks 1881
Cranosina rubeni Di Martino and Taylor 2014
G. †Glenelgia Brown 1958
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G. †Ogivalina
G. Pseudolepralia Silen 1942
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Setosellina roulei Calvet 1906
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 Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) Ogivalina ramiformis (87002)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Ogivalina elongata (84174)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia Ogivalina sp. (103544)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Glenelgia crawfordensis (173508 173512)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Glenelgia crawfordensis (173504 173506 173511)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia Cranosina coronata, Cranosina rubeni (173658) Setosellina constricta (173647) Setosellina roulei (173653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cauloramphus spiniferum (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Ogivalina parvula (48886)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Setosellina goesi (97610)