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Diastopora ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1003861	https://www.gbif.org/species/1003861
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	81801	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=81801

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomatida : Plagioeciidae : Diastopora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomata : Diastoporidae : Diastopora

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
-	Polyzoa
phylum	Bryozoa	Ehrenberg 1831
class	Stenolaemata	Borg 1926
order	Cyclostomata	Busk 1852
family	Diastoporidae	Busk 1859
genus	Diastopora	Lamouroux 1821

Scientific Name

Diastopora Lamouroux, 1821

Name Published In

Exposition métodique des genres de l'ordre de poly

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diastopora	genus	belongs to Diastoporidae	stated without evidence	Fischer, 1969

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

212 - 206 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Cyclostomata)

Vision

blind (based on Stenolaemata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cyclostomata)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Cyclostomata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Walter. 1995. Les bryozoaires de l'Hauterivien inférieur de Velloreille-lès-Choye, Haute-Saône. Une faune de transition entre Bassin de Paris et Jura. [The Bryozoa from the Lower Hauterivian of Velloreille-lès-Choye, Haute-Saône. A transitional fauna between the Paris Basin and the Jura.]. Géobios 28(4):413-424

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Diastopora belemnitarum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora canui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora capitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora catillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora cervicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora ciliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora clementina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora dichotoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora dilatata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora diluviana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Diastopora dubia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora echinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora escharoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora eudesana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diastopora eudesiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diastopora flabellum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora foliacea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diastopora frineri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora gemelligera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora gutta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora hirsuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora incrustans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora infraliasica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Diastopora laxata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora littoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora magnipora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora malacensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora megapora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora microstoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora mutata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora oceani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora oceanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora papyracea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora pavonina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora pulchella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora ramosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora reticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora ridleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora rugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora scobinula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora simplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora solida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora sparsipora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora spongiosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora striatesemata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora tenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora transversata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora tubaedes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora tubiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora tubulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora tubulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora undulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diastopora vlesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1821	Diastopora Lamouroux
1969	Diastopora Fischer p. 415

References

Walter B. (1995) Les bryozoaires de l'Hauterivien inférieur de Velloreille-lès-Choye, Haute-Saône. Une faune de transition entre Bassin de Paris et Jura. [The Bryozoa from the Lower Hauterivian of Velloreille-lès-Choye, Haute-Saône. A transitional fauna between the Paris Basin and the Jura.], Géobios 28 4, 413-424

Fischer J. -C. (1969) Geologie, Paleontologie et Paleoecologie du Bathonien au sud-ouest du Massif Ardennais, Memoires du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 20, 1-319

Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. - via World Register of Marine Species

Taylor, P.D.; Sequeiros, L. (1982). Toarcian bryozoans from Belchite in north-east Spain. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Geol.) 36(2): 117-129 - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ryland, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

www.bryozoa.net (Jul 2011) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Exp. Méth. Polyp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ryland, 1982, PaleoDB - 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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