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Microporellidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Microporellidae Ulrich and Bassler p. 415
1952Microporellidae Brown
1953Microporellidae Bassler p. G207
1958Microporellidae Brown
2000Microporellidae Pouyet
2006Microporellidae Berning p. 100
2007Microporellidae Guha and Gopikrishna
2010Microporellidae Zagorsek et al.
2015Microporellidae Di Martino and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilySchizoporelloideaJullien 1883
familyMicroporellidae
familyMicroporellidae

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.

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G. Calloporina Neviani 1895
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Calloporina diadema MacGillivray 1869
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Diporula verrucosa Peach 1868
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Fenestrulina harmelini David et al. 1972
Fenestrulina malusii Audouin 1826
G. Microporella Hincks 1877
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Subg. Microporella (Ellipsopora) Canu and Bassler 1923
Subg. Microporella (Microporella) Hincks 1877
Microporella berningi Zagorsek 2010
Microporella bifoliata Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Microporella browni Harmelin et al. 2011
Microporella cailleti Canu and Bassler 1935
Microporella coronata Audouin 1826
Microporella ferrea Waters 1882
Microporella hyadesi Jullien 1888
Microporella inamoena Reuss 1874
Microporella inflata Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Microporella macropora Stoliczka 1862
Microporella ordo Brown 1952
Microporella praeciliata Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Microporella waghotensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
G. Stephanopora Kirkpatrick 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: mean weight-% MgCO3=5.2 based on 8 specimens. Some aragonitef
Created: 2008-02-26 05:47:39
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:25:49
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 Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Microporella hyadesi (173837)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Microporella hyadesi (173832)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Microporella ciliata (173506)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44India (Gujarat) Microporella sp., Microporella waghotensis (177173)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Microporella sp., Microporella waghotensis (178702)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia Microporella coronata (173651)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Microporella sp. (188985)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Indonesia Microporella sp. (173652) Microporella sp. A (145215)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Microporella ciliata, Microporella hyadesi, Fenestrulina malusii (173830)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Microporella cailleti (174139)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Romania Microporella berningi (178090)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Microporella pocelliformis (166365)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Czech Republic Microporella ciliata (178892 178893 178894 178895 178896 178899)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata (34739)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia Calloporina sp. (173658) Microporella browni (173647)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Microporella normani, Microporella umbracula (61342)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain Calloporina decorata (177481) Calloporina decorata, Diporula verrucosa (177482) Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata (177485) Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata, Calloporina decorata (177486) Microporella sp., Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata, Microporella inamoena, Microporella coronata (178465)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Microporella umbracula (61347)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Calloporina decorata (177488) Microporella coronata (177487)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Microporella ciliata (69864) Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata (70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Microporella ciliata (34724) Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata (34723)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Fenestrulina joannae (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Calloporina sp., Microporella sp. 1, Microporella sp. 2 (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Calloporina decorata, Diporula verrucosa (177491) Microporella ciliata, Calloporina decorata (177490) Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata, Fenestrulina harmelini (177489)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica Microporella ciliata, Fenestrulina malusii (41581)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand Calloporina napierensis (173738) Microporella ciliata (173741) Microporella ciliata, Fenestrulina malusii, Calloporina diadema (173739) Microporella ciliata, Microporella hyadesi, Microporella speculum, Fenestrulina malusii (173737) Microporella ciliata, Microporella speculum, Calloporina diadema, Calloporina napierensis (173740)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Microporella umbracula (79772)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece Fenestrulina malusi, Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata, Calloporina decorata, Diporula verrucosa (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Microporella ciliata, Fenestrulina malusii (146291 146292 146293)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Zealand Microporella ciliata, Calloporina diadema (173728)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Microporella umbracula (79842 79844)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Fenestrulina malusii, Calloporina diadema (173732) Microporella ciliata, Calloporina diadema (173733) Microporella ordo, Fenestrulina malusii (173734)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Microporella eustomata, Microporella ciliata (202634 202648) Microporella heermani (222979)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Microporella ciliata (57702 57703 57704 57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Microporella californica, Microporella ciliata (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Microporella marsupiata (146275)