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Steginoporella

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1007486	https://www.gbif.org/species/1007486
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26237	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26237

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Steginoporellidae : Steginoporella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Steginoporellidae : Steginoporella

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	Gymnolaemata	Allman 1856
order	Cheilostomata	Busk 1859
suborder	Neocheilostomina	d'Hondt 1985
infraorder	Flustrina	Smitt 1868
superfamily	Microporoidea	Gray 1848
family	Steginoporellidae	Hincks 1884
genus	Steginoporella	Smitt 1873

Scientific Name

Steginoporella Smitt, 1873

Name Published In

K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., (N. F.) 11 (4)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Steginoporella	genus	belongs to Steginoporellidae	stated without evidence	Brown, 1952
Steginoporella	genus	belongs to Cheilostomata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Steginoporella	genus	belongs to Steginoporellidae	stated with evidence	Berning, 2006
Steginoporella	genus	belongs to Steginoporellidae	stated without evidence	Guha, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (62%)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Cheilostomata)

Vision

blind (based on Gymnolaemata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cheilostomata)

Reproduction

oviparous, brooding (based on Cheilostomata)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Steginoporellidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cellaria cucullata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Steginoporella alveolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella auriculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella bassleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella bhujensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	33.9 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Steginoporella buskii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella chartacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella connexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella cornuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella crassa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella cucullata species	listed (PBDB)		6	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Steginoporella dilatata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella discors species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella evelinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella greavesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella haddoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Steginoporella iberica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Steginoporella lateralis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Steginoporella lineata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella magnifica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella magnilabris species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Steginoporella mandibulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella marcusi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella mediterranea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Steginoporella modesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella montenati ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Steginoporella neozelanica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Steginoporella perplexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella porteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella rhodanica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Steginoporella simplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella sulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella tiara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella transversalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella triangularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella truncata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Steginoporella tubulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steginoporella vicksburgica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Steganiporella Kirchenpauer, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Steginoporellidae : *Steganiporella*
Steganoporella Hincks, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Steginoporellidae : *Steganoporella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1873	Steginoporella Smitt
1952	Steginoporella Brown
1956	Steginoporella Brown
1958	Steginoporella Brown
2000	Steginoporella Pouyet
2002	Steginoporella Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Steginoporella Berning p. 42
2007	Steginoporella Guha and Gipikrishna p. 806
2013	Steginoporella Guha
2014	Steginoporella Di Martino and Taylor

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Brown D. A. (1952) The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand, 1-405

Brown D. A. (1956) Some Pliocene Polyzoa from South Australia, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 104, 593-611 doi:10.1080/00222935608655864

Brown D. A. (1958) Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria 20

Pouyet S. (2000) Les bryozoaires cheilostomes du Néogène bétique (SE Espagne), Revista Española de Paleontología 15 2, 181-202

Berning B. (2006) The cheilostome bryozoan fauna from the Late Miocene of Niebla (Guadalquivir Basin, SW Spain): environmental and biogeographic implications, Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 90, 7-156

Guha A. K., Gipikrishna K. (2007) New fossil steginoporellid and schizoporellid species (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the Tertiary sequences of western Kachchh, Gujarat and their significance, Journal of the Geological Society of India 69, 803-812

Guha A. K. (2013) Tertiary bryozoa from Western Kachchh, Gujarat - A Review, Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 58 1, 3-15

Di Martino E., Taylor P. D. (2014) Miocene Bryozoa from East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Part I: Cyclostomata and 'Anascan' Cheilostomata, Scripta Geologica 146, 17-126

Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 271-297. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., (N. F.) 11 (4) - 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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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

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