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Microporidae
Taxonomy
Microporidae was named by Hincks (1880). It is extant. Its type is Micropora.
It was assigned to Chilostomata by Ulrich and Bassler (1904); to Coilostega by Bassler (1953); to Membraniporidae by Brown (1952) and Brown (1958); to Cheilostomatida by Lee et al. (1997); to Flustrina by Gordon and Taylor (1999); to Anasca by Cheetham (1962) and Pouyet (2000); and to Microporoidea by Schmidt (2003), Berning (2006), Di Martino and Taylor (2013) and Gordon and Taylor (2015).
It was assigned to Chilostomata by Ulrich and Bassler (1904); to Coilostega by Bassler (1953); to Membraniporidae by Brown (1952) and Brown (1958); to Cheilostomatida by Lee et al. (1997); to Flustrina by Gordon and Taylor (1999); to Anasca by Cheetham (1962) and Pouyet (2000); and to Microporoidea by Schmidt (2003), Berning (2006), Di Martino and Taylor (2013) and Gordon and Taylor (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Microporidae Hincks |
| 1904 | Microporidae Ulrich and Bassler p. 414 |
| 1952 | Microporidae Brown |
| 1953 | Microporidae Bassler p. G169 |
| 1958 | Microporidae Brown |
| 1962 | Microporidae Cheetham p. 325 |
| 1997 | Microporidae Lee et al. |
| 1999 | Microporidae Gordon and Taylor |
| 2000 | Microporidae Pouyet |
| 2003 | Microporidae Schmidt |
| 2006 | Microporidae Berning p. 34 |
| 2013 | Microporidae Di Martino and Taylor p. 87 |
| 2015 | Microporidae Gordon and Taylor |
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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. †Cianotremella
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†Cianotremella dimorpha Håkansson et al. 2024
†Cianotremella gigantea Canu 1911
†Cianotremella pilbara Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Dimorphostylus
G. Gargantua
G. †Homalostega
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
G. †Monsella
G. †Nematoporella Canu and Bassler 1927
G. †Poropeltarion
G. †Puncturiella
G. †Selenariopsis Maplestone 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Collections (97 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Tennessee) | Micropora baccata (88357) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Australia (Western Australia) | Cianotremella dimorpha (235529) Cianotremella dimorpha, Cianotremella pilbara (235528 235530) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Arkansas) | Micropora sp. (90500) | |
| Danian | Sweden | Gargantua parvicella, Micropora hennigiana, Puncturiella sculpta (69603) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Cianotremella gigantea (220767) | |
| Danian | Denmark | Micropora erecta, Micropora hippocrepis, Micropora amphora, Micropora microstomata (89866) Puncturiella sculpta (2964) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | New Zealand (Chatham Island) | Caleschara sp., Micropora quadriporosa (7221) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | New Zealand (Chatham Island) | Micropora chathamica, Andreella dubia (172944) | |
| Lutetian | India (Gujarat) | Microporina biswasi (177176) | |
| Middle Eocene | India | Microporina biswasi (178699) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Florida) | Micropora coriacea (7330) Rosseliana parvipora (7332) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Micropora cribiformis (42636 42644) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Florida) | Poropeltarion newelli (7318) | |
| Priabonian | New Zealand (North Otago) | Micropora sp. (172815 172816) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Georgia) | Rimosocella laciniosa (90479) | |
| Runangan | New Zealand | Micropora coriacea, Rosseliana pulchra (173838) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Calpensia sp. (175334) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Alabama) | Micropora coriacea (90549 90551 90562 90563) Rosseliana parvipora (90528) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Caleschara denticulata (173515) Caleschara denticulata, Micropora carinata (173521) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Australia (Victoria) | Caleschara denticulata (173517 173519 173520 173522 173523) Micropora elegans (173506) | |
| Aquitanian | India (Gujarat) | Micropora vredenburgi (177173) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Colombia | Calpensia caribensis (211330) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Cupularia canariensis (60979 60983) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | Micropora vredenburgi (178702) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Caleschara denticulata (174192 174194 174196) | |
| Burdigalian | Egypt | Micropora crassopora (47007) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Portugal | Calpensia sp. (155023 155025) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | Micropora coriacea (173830) | |
| Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Vibracella parvula (174139) | |
| Middle Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Cupularia umbellata (74921 74922) | |
| Middle Miocene | Netherlands | Cupularia haidingeri, Cupularia umbellata (123949 123950) | |
| Middle Miocene | Romania | Calpensia gracilis, Vibracella trapezoidea (178089) | |
| Middle Miocene | Czech Republic | Calpensia gracilis, Micropora perforata (178898) Micropora papyracea (178890 178899) Micropora perforata (178896) Vibracella trapezoida (178893) | |
| Serravallian | Hungary | Calpensia gracilis (34739) | |
| Tortonian | Cyprus | Calpensia nobilis (34690) | |
| Tortonian | Spain | 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) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Micropora coriacea (61342) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Cupularia sp. (74956) | |
| Messinian | Morocco | Calpensia nobilis (34724) | |
| Messinian | Malta | Calpensia nobilis (140979 141546 141551) Calpensia sp. (141544) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | Calpensia nobilis (69864 70785) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Caleschara denticulata (174189) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Greece (Rhodes) | Calpensia nobilis (122994) | |
| Pliocene | Spain | Calpensia nobilis (177489) Steraechmella buski (177490 177491) | |
| Pliocene | New Zealand | Micropora coriacea (173737 173739 173740) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Caleschara denticulata (172911) | |
| Pliocene | Antarctica | Micropora coriacea (41578) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Cupularia umbellata (58522) | |
| Gelasian | Greece | Calpensia gracilis, Micropora coriacea, Mollia patellaria (71243) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Calpensia nobilis (146292) Rosseliana rosselii, Calpensia nobilis (146291 146293) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Lunulites denticulata (203376) | |
| Calabrian | Costa Rica (Limon) | Micropora coriacea (79844) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Greenland | Microporina articulata (75197 75200) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Cupularia denticulata (34269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Microporina borealis (219029) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Sonora) | Caleschara mexicana (96557) |