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Monoporella
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Monoporellidae : Monoporella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Monoporellidae : Monoporella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Monoporella Hincks, 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Hincks, Thomas. 1881. Contributions toward a general history of the marine Polyzoa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History', Series 5 8(44): 122-136; Pls. 4, 5. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Cheilostomata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Gymnolaemata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cheilostomata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | oviparous, brooding (based on Cheilostomata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | intermediate Mg calcite (based on Cheilostomata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cellepora venusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella aleutica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella bouchardii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella capensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Monoporella carinifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella crassa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella divae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella ellefsoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella elongata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella fimbriata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella flexibila species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella gigantea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella laticella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella nodulifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella polymorpha species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella seastormi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella tenuimargo species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monoporella venusta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 7.25 Ma Miocene | 7.25 Ma Miocene |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Haploporella Hincks, 1881 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Monoporellidae : Haploporella |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2000 | Monoporella Pouyet |
2002 | Monoporella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2014 | Monoporella Di Martino and Taylor |
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!