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Membraniporidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Membraniporidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 11 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Cheilostomata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Gymnolaemata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cheilostomata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | oviparous, brooding (based on Cheilostomata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | mean weight-% MgCO3=7.8 based on 19 specimens. Traces of aragonite. Variable composition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | intermediate Mg calcite (based on Membraniporidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Wienrich. 1999. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2:188-384 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Membranicellariidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 34.3 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Biflustra genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Biflustra genus | listed (PBDB) | 39 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Exostesia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 34.3 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Grammella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Nitscheina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Retevirgula genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 1.63 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Tamanicella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1854 | Membraniporidae Busk |
| 1904 | Membraniporidae Ulrich and Bassler p. 407 |
| 1935 | Membraniporidae Canu and Bassler |
| 1952 | Membraniporidae Brown |
| 1956 | Membraniporidae Brown |
| 1958 | Membraniporidae Brown |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1999 | Membraniporidae Wienrich p. 270 |
| 2000 | Membraniporidae Pouyet |
| 2003 | Membraniporidae Schmidt |
| 2006 | Membraniporidae Berning p. 18 |
| 2013 | Membraniporidae Zagorsek and Gordon p. 598 |
References
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!
