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Microporidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Eschariporidae d'Orbigny pp. 217, 339
1880Microporidae Hincks
1888Opesiulidae Jullien
1904Microporidae Ulrich and Bassler p. 414
1923Calpensiidae Canu and Basler
1935Opesiulidae Canu and Bassler
1949Monsellinae Vigneaux p. 43
1952Microporidae Brown
1953Calpensiidae Bassler p. G171
1953Microporidae Bassler p. G169
1958Microporidae Brown
1962Microporidae Cheetham p. 325
1997Microporidae Lee et al.
1999Microporidae Gordon and Taylor
1999Calpensiidae Wienrich p. 273
2000Calpensiidae Pouyet
2000Microporidae Pouyet
2003Microporidae Schmidt
2006Microporidae Berning p. 34
2012Microporidae Gordon p. 4
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. Apiophragma Hayward and Ryland 1993
G. Calpensia Jullien 1888
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Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796
G. †Cianotremella Canu 1911
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†Cianotremella dimorpha Håkansson et al. 2024
†Cianotremella pilbara Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Dimorphostylus Voigt 1925
G. †Escharipora d'Orbigny 1852
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†Escharipora recta Eichwald 1860
G. Gargantua Jullien 1888
G. †Manzonella Jullien 1888
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. Microporina Levinsen 1909
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†Microporina biswasi Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
G. Mollia Lamouroux 1821
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Mollia circumcincta Heller 1867
G. †Monsella Canu 1900
G. †Nematoporella Canu and Bassler 1927
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†Nematoporella ovata Duvergier 1921
Invalid names: Nematopora Duvergier 1921 [replaced]
G. Opaeophora Brown 1948
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Opaeophora lepida Hincks 1881
Invalid names: Foraminella Levinsen 1909 [replaced]
G. †Poropeltarion Cheetham 1963
G. Promicropora d'Hondt and Gordon 1999
G. †Puncturiella Voigt 1987
G. †Puncturiellina Voigt 1987
G. Rectimicropora Hayward and Winston 2011
G. †Reptescharinella d'Orbigny 1852
G. Reussinella Gordon 2009
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Invalid names: Reussina Kluge 1962 [replaced]
G. †Rimosocella Cheetham 1960
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†Rimosocella laciniosa Canu and Bassler 1920
G. Scriblitopora Hayward and Winston 2011
G. Steraechmella Lagaaij 1952
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Steraechmella buski Lagaiij 1952
G. †Stictostega Shaw 1967
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†Stictostega durhami Shaw 1967
Invalid names: Calpensiidae Canu and Basler 1923 [synonym], Eschariporidae d'Orbigny 1852 [synonym], Monsellinae Vigneaux 1949 [invalid subgroup], Opesiulidae Jullien 1888 [synonym]
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 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Stictostega durhami (90501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Micropora baccata (88357)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Cianotremella dimorpha (235529) Cianotremella dimorpha, Cianotremella pilbara (235528 235530)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Micropora sp. (90500)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Río Negro) Cianotremella gigantea (220767)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Micropora erecta, Micropora hippocrepis, Micropora amphora, Micropora microstomata (89866) Puncturiella sculpta (2964)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Sweden Gargantua parvicella, Micropora hennigiana, Puncturiella sculpta (69603)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Micropora quadriporosa (7221)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Micropora chathamica, Andreella dubia (172944)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Gujarat) Microporina biswasi (177176)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71India Microporina biswasi (178699)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Micropora coriacea (7330)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Micropora cribiformis (42636 42644)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rimosocella laciniosa (90479)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Poropeltarion newelli (7318)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) Micropora sp. (172815 172816)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Micropora coriacea (173838)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) Calpensia sp. (175334)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Micropora coriacea (90549 90551 90562 90563)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Micropora carinata (173521)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Micropora elegans (173506)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45India (Gujarat) Micropora vredenburgi (177173)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia Calpensia caribensis (211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Micropora vredenburgi (178702)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Micropora crassopora (47007)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Portugal Calpensia sp. (155023 155025)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Micropora coriacea (173830)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania Calpensia gracilis (178089)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia Calpensia gracilis, Micropora perforata (178898) Micropora papyracea (178890 178899) Micropora perforata (178896)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Calpensia gracilis (34739)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Calpensia nobilis (34690)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Micropora coriacea (61342)
Tortonian11.63 - 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)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Calpensia nobilis (34724)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Calpensia nobilis (69864 70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Calpensia nobilis (140979 141546 141551) Calpensia sp. (141544)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Calpensia nobilis (122994)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58New Zealand Micropora coriacea (173740) Micropora coriacea, Opaeophora lepida (173737 173739)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Micropora coriacea (41578)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Calpensia nobilis (177489) Steraechmella buski (177490 177491)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece Calpensia gracilis, Micropora coriacea, Mollia patellaria (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Calpensia nobilis (146291 146292 146293)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Micropora coriacea (79844)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Opaeophora lepida (173732)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Microporina articulata (75197 75200)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Microporina borealis (219029)