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Lunulitidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Lunulitidae Lagaaij
1953Lunulitidae Bassler p. G171
1956Lunulitidae Brown
1958Lunulitidae Brown
1962Lunulitidae Cheetham p. 325
1999Lunulitidae Wienrich p. 272
2020Lunulitidae Koromyslova and Seltser p. 710

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Eumetazoa
—Triploblastica
—Eutriploblastica
—Neotriploblastica
—Eucoelomata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyLunulitidaeLagaaij 1952
familyLunulitidaeLagaaij 1952

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.

Fm. †Lunulitidae Lagaaij 1952
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G. †Luganella Kvachko 1995
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†Luganella goldfussi von Hagenow 1839
G. †Lunulites Lamarck 1816
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†Lunulites adunca Brown 1958
†Lunulites canaliculata MacGillivray 1895
†Lunulites conulus Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites cretacea Defrance 1823
†Lunulites foveolata Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites immensa Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites ligulata Canu 1920
†Lunulites microstoma Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites parvicella Tenison-Woods 1880
†Lunulites patens Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites pseudocretacea Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Lunulites radiata Lamarck 1816
†Lunulites rutella Tenison-Woods 1880
†Lunulites vespertilio Håkansson and Voigt 1996
Invalid names: Reptolunites [synonym]
G. †Oligotresium Gabb and Horn 1862
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†Oligotresium contigua Lonsdale 1845
†Oligotresium howei Cheetham 1962
G. †Pavolunulites d'Orbigny 1852
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†Pavolunulites danica Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Pavolunulites insolita Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Pavolunulites moenensis Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Pavolunulites parva Håkansson and Voigt 1996
†Pavolunulites schmidi Håkansson and Voigt 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: intermediate Mg calcitef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: 50% calcite with mean weight-% MgCO3=6.0 based on 10 specimensf
Created: 2007-09-18 02:23:23
Modified: 2008-02-27 05:13:02
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Smith et al. 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Zanclean or 83.50000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (174 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Discoflustrellaria senoniensis (3787)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Lunulites sp. (59776)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Lunulites pseudocretacea (214390)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) Lunulites pseudocretacea (214389)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom Lunulites pseudocretacea (214391)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark Lunulites microstoma (214429) Lunulites microstoma, Pavolunulites moenensis (214366) Lunulites pseudocretacea (214393 214394) Pavolunulites danica (214377) Pavolunulites insolita (214367 214510) Pavolunulites insolita, Lunulites pseudocretacea (214392) Pavolunulites moenensis (214365)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0United Kingdom Lunulites pseudocretacea (214397)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Saratov) Luganella goldfussi (215305)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Lunulites pseudocretacea (214395 214396)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Pavolunulites parva (214503 214512)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Lunulites microstoma, Pavolunulites parva (214465) Lunulites patens (214341 214342) Lunulites patens, Lunulites foveolata (214343) Lunulites vespertilio (214319) Pavolunulites parva (214357) Pavolunulites schmidi (214355 214356)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark Lunulites conulus (214326 214344) Lunulites foveolata (67430) Lunulites foveolata, Lunulites pseudocretacea (67412 67413) Lunulites microstoma (214322 214437 214441 214449 214511) Lunulites microstoma, Lunulites conulus, Lunulites foveolata (214448) Lunulites microstoma, Lunulites immensa, Lunulites foveolata (214350) Lunulites microstoma, Lunulites immensa, Lunulites foveolata, Lunulites pseudocretacea (67406) Lunulites microstoma, Lunulites patens, Lunulites foveolata, Lunulites pseudocretacea (67421) Lunulites microstoma, Lunulites patens, Lunulites immensa, Lunulites foveolata, Lunulites pseudocretacea (67429) Lunulites patens (67342) Lunulites patens, Lunulites foveolata (214331)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Pavolunulites parva (214502) Pavolunulites parva, Lunulites pseudocretacea (214428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0North Atlantic Lunulites conulus (214299)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2New Zealand Lunulitidae indet. (119661)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Lunulites sp. (8025)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2United Kingdom (England) Lunulites transiens (3263)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Lunulitidae indet. (2415)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Lunulitidae indet. (2411)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Louisiana) Lunulitidae indet. (2409 2410)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Lunulitidae indet. (2412 2413)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Lunulites sp. (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Lunulites transiens (42636 42641)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Lunulites bouei, Lunulites distans, Lunulites jacksonensis (7317) Lunulites distans (7331) Lunulites jacksonensis, Lunulites distans (7316) Lunulitidae indet. (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2440 2441 2443 2453) L. sp. A, L. sp. C (2454)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Lunulites sp. (44405 44408 44409 44410 44517 44518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Lunulites jacksonensis, Lunulites fenestrata (90704 92393) Lunulitidae indet. (2434 2435 2436 2437 2438 2446 2449 2451) L. sp. A (2444)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Lunulites ligulata (7437 7438 7439) Lunulitidae indet. (2452)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Lunulites distans (7321 7322 7324 7325 7327 7328 7329 7330 7332)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Lunulites bassleri (32925)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Lunulites distans (7318)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lunulites transiens (42640 42658 42662)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Oligotresium howei (90479 90480)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Lunularia vicksburgensis (90547 90552 90565 90566) Lunulites vicksburgensis (84137)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Lunulites parvicella (173510)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Hessen) Lunulites subplena (90524 90525 90526 90527 90529 90530)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Lunulites canaliculata (173517) Lunulites rutella (173519 173520) Lunulites rutella, Lunulites adunca (173522)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Spain (Gran Canaria) Lunulites sp. (60389)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Lunulites pileolus (112596)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lunulites voigti (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Lunulites pileolus (60979 60980 60981 60984 112582 112583) Lunulites pileolus, Lunulites pirabicus (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lunulites voigti, Lunulites burdigalensis (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lunulites voigti (62899 62936 62937 62939 62953 62958 62960 63024) Lunulites voigti, Lunulites burdigalensis (62903 62931)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Lunulites pileolus, Lunulites pirabicus (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lunulites burdigalensis (61906) Lunulites voigti (61900 61902 61905 62880 62888 62892) Lunulites voigti, Lunulites burdigalensis (61895 61896 61897 61898 61903 61904 61907 62885 62886 62887 62889 62891)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France Lunulites conica (34609)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Lunulites canaliculata (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Lunulites capulus (172913)