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Heteroporidae

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5702https://www.gbif.org/species/5702
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)327941https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=327941
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomatida : Heteroporidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomata : Heteroporidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
-Polyzoa
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCyclostomataBusk 1852
suborderCerioporinavon Hagenow 1851
familyHeteroporidaeWaters 1880
Scientific NameHeteroporidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Heteroporidaefamilybelongs to Cerioporinastated without evidenceGordon and Taylor, 1999
Heteroporidaefamilybelongs to Cerioporinastated with evidenceZatoล„ et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (25%)
First Recorded Appearance168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Cyclostomata)
Visionblind (based on Stenolaemata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Cyclostomata)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Cyclostomata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor. 1999. Latest Paleocene to earliest Eocene bryozoans from Chatham Island, New Zealand. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London: Geology Series 55(1):1-45

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Defrancipora
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Filicava โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Heteropora
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
51237 Ma
Middle Triassic
0 Ma
Extant
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Multicrescis โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Reptomulticava โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
19140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Ripisoecia โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
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Tetrocycloecia
genus
listed (PBDB)5136 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
20.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1880Heteroporidae Waters
1999Heteroporidae Gordon and Taylor
2013Heteroporidae Zato? et al. p. 859

References

Gordon D. P., Taylor P. D. (1999) Latest Paleocene to earliest Eocene bryozoans from Chatham Island, New Zealand, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London: Geology Series 55 1, 1-45
Zatoล„ M., Hara U., et al (2013) Callovian (Middle Jurassic) cyclostome bryozoans from the Zalas Quarry, southern Poland, Bulletin of Geosciences 88, 837-863
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). - via World Register of Marine Species
Bock, P. (2000-current). The Bryozoa Home Page. Available online at http://www.bryozoa.net/ (consulted Dec 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per phylum (almost all marine) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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