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Microporidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Microporidae Hincks
1904Microporidae Ulrich and Bassler p. 414
1952Microporidae Brown
1953Microporidae Bassler p. G169
1958Microporidae Brown
1962Microporidae Cheetham p. 325
1997Microporidae Lee et al.
1999Microporidae Gordon and Taylor
2000Microporidae Pouyet
2003Microporidae Schmidt
2006Microporidae Berning p. 34
2013Microporidae Di Martino and Taylor p. 87
2015Microporidae Gordon and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyMicroporidaeHincks 1880
familyMicroporidaeHincks 1880

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. Microporidae Hincks 1880
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G. Andreella Jullien 1888
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†Andreella dubia Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. Caleschara MacGillivray 1880
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Caleschara denticulata MacGillivray 1869
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Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796
G. †Cupularia Canu and Bassler
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†Cupularia denticulata Conrad 1841
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†Floridinella australiensis Canu and Bassler 1935
G. Micropora Gray 1848
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†Micropora carinata Maplestone 1901
†Micropora chathamica Gordon and Taylor 2015
Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847
Micropora elegans Maplestone 1901
†Micropora papyracea Reuss 1848
†Micropora quadriporosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
†Micropora rhombica Eichwald 1847
†Micropora vredenburgi Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
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†Microporina biswasi Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
G. Mollia Lamouroux 1821
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Mollia circumcincta Heller 1867
G. †Monsella
G. †Nematoporella Canu and Bassler 1927
G. †Rimosocella Cheetham 1960
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†Rimosocella laciniosa Canu and Bassler 1920
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†Rosseliana pulchra Brown 1952
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Selenaria bimorphocella Maplestone 1904
†Selenaria cupola Tenison-Woods 1880
†Selenaria grandicella Canu and Bassler 1935
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Invalid names: Selenaria squamosa Tenison-Woods 1880 [replaced]
†Selenaria macgillivrayi lucens MacGillivray 1895
†Selenaria magnipunctata Maplestone 1904
†Selenaria marginata Tenison-Woods 1880
Selenaria nitida Maplestone 1909
Selenaria punctata Tenison-Woods 1880
†Selenaria trifoliata Canu and Bassler 1935
G. †Selenariopsis Maplestone 1913
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†Vibracella parvula Canu and Bassler 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: 86.2 % calcite with mean weight-% MgCO3=6.2 based on 17 specimensf
Created: 2008-02-26 05:48:43
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:26:23
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Micropora baccata (88357)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Micropora sp. (90500)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Sweden Gargantua parvicella, Micropora hennigiana, Puncturiella sculpta (69603)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Micropora erecta, Micropora hippocrepis, Micropora amphora, Micropora microstomata (89866) Puncturiella sculpta (2964)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Selenaria maculata (174184 174185 174186)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8New Zealand (Chatham Island) Caleschara sp., Micropora quadriporosa (7221)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6New Zealand (Chatham Island) Micropora chathamica, Andreella dubia (172944)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Gujarat) Microporina biswasi (177176)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India Microporina biswasi (178699)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Micropora cribiformis (42636 42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Micropora coriacea (7330) Rosseliana parvipora (7332)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Poropeltarion newelli (7318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) Micropora sp. (172815 172816)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rimosocella laciniosa (90479)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Micropora coriacea, Rosseliana pulchra (173838)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Calpensia sp., Selenaria sp. (175334)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Floridinella vicksburgica (90550 90561) Floridinella vicksburgica, Micropora coriacea (90549 90562) Floridinella vicksburgica, Rosseliana parvipora (90528) Micropora coriacea (90551 90563)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Caleschara denticulata (173515) Caleschara denticulata, Micropora carinata, Selenaria cupola (173521) Selenaria cupola (173508 173510)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Caleschara denticulata (173523) Caleschara denticulata, Selenaria cupola (173520 173522) Caleschara denticulata, Selenaria maculata, Selenaria grandicella, Selenaria cupola (173519) Caleschara denticulata, Selenaria maculata, Selenaria grandicella, Selenaria macgillivrayi (173517) Micropora elegans (173506) Selenaria cupola (173504) Selenaria maculata, Selenaria grandicella, Selenaria cupola (173518) Selenaria magnipunctata, Selenaria cupola (173516)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44India (Gujarat) Micropora vredenburgi (177173)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Calpensia caribensis (211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Cupularia canariensis (60979 60983)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Micropora vredenburgi (178702)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Caleschara denticulata (174196) Caleschara denticulata, Selenaria maculata (174192 174194) Selenaria maculata (174191 174198)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Micropora crassopora (47007)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Portugal Calpensia sp. (155023 155025)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Selenaria nitida, Selenaria cupola, Micropora coriacea (173830)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Selenaria grandicella, Floridinella australiensis, Vibracella parvula, Selenaria trifoliata (174139)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Cupularia umbellata (74921 74922)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Czech Republic Calpensia gracilis, Micropora perforata (178898) Micropora papyracea (178890 178899) Micropora perforata (178896) Vibracella trapezoida (178893)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Netherlands Cupularia haidingeri, Cupularia umbellata (123949 123950)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Romania Calpensia gracilis, Vibracella trapezoidea (178089)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary Calpensia gracilis (34739)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain Micropora coriacea (177481) Micropora coriacea, Calpensia nobilis (177482) Micropora coriacea, Mollia patellaria, Mollia circumcincta (178465) Micropora papyracea, Mollia patellaria, Steraechmella buski, Calpensia nobilis (177485) Mollia patellaria, Calpensia nobilis (177486)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Micropora coriacea (61342)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Calpensia nobilis (34690)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Selenaria sp. (166810)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Cupularia sp. (74956)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Calpensia nobilis (140979 141546 141551) Calpensia sp. (141544)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Calpensia nobilis (69864 70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Calpensia nobilis (34724)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Calpensia nobilis (122994)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Caleschara denticulata, Selenaria maculata (174189) Selenaria maculata (174190)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Selenaria maculata, Selenaria punctata (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand Micropora coriacea (173737 173740) Selenaria squamosa, Micropora coriacea (173739)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica Micropora coriacea (41578)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Calpensia nobilis (177489) Steraechmella buski (177490 177491)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Caleschara denticulata, Selenaria bimorphocella, Selenaria nitida (172911) Selenaria bimorphocella (172913)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Cupularia umbellata (58522)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece Calpensia gracilis, Micropora coriacea, Mollia patellaria (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Calpensia nobilis (146292) Rosseliana rosselii, Calpensia nobilis (146291 146293)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Lunulites denticulata (203376)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Floridinella parvula (79842) Micropora coriacea (79844)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Selenaria squamosa (173731 173732 173733 173734 173735 173736)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Microporina articulata (75197 75200)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cupularia denticulata (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Microporina borealis (219029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Caleschara mexicana (96557)