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Arthropoma

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1008655	https://www.gbif.org/species/1008655
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	25747	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=25747

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Lacernidae : Arthropoma

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Lacernidae : Arthropoma

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	Ascophorina
-	Lepraliomorpha
superfamily	Schizoporelloidea	Jullien 1883
family	Lacernidae	Jullien 1888
genus	Arthropoma	Levinsen 1909

Scientific Name

Arthropoma Levinsen, 1909

Name Published In

Levinsen, G.M.R. (1909). Morphological and systematic studies on the cheilostomatous Bryozoa. Nationale Forfatterers Forlag, Copenhagen. pp.1-431.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Arthropoma	genus	belongs to Schizoporellidae	stated without evidence	Brown, 1952
Arthropoma	genus	belongs to Cheilostomata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Arthropoma	genus	belongs to Lacernidae	stated with evidence	Berning, 2006
Arthropoma	genus	belongs to Lacernidae	stated without evidence	Di Martino and Taylor, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

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 Lacernidae)

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
Arthropoma cecilii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arthropoma ciliata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Arthropoma circinata species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Arthropoma cornuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arthropoma harmelini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arthropoma inarmata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arthropoma latigastra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Arthropoma lioneli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arthropoma magniporosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arthropoma metula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arthropoma minus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arthropoma renipora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Arthropoma torquis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Anthropoma	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Lacernidae : *Anthropoma*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1909	Arthropoma Levinsen
1952	Arthropoma Brown
1958	Arthropoma Brown
2002	Arthropoma Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Arthropoma Berning p. 109
2006	Arthropoma Bock
2015	Arthropoma 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. (1958) Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria 20

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

Bock P. (2006) http://bryozoa.net

Di Martino E., Taylor P. D. (2015) Miocene Bryozoa from East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Part II: ‘Ascophoran’ Cheilostomata., Scripta Geologica 148, 1-142

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - 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

Levinsen, G.M.R. (1909). Morphological and systematic studies on the cheilostomatous Bryozoa. Nationale Forfatterers Forlag, Copenhagen. pp.1-431. - via World Register of Marine Species

Morphol. Stud. Bryoz. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333 - via World Register of Marine Species

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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