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Constellaria polystomella

Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA

Constellaria polystomella

Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA

Constellaria polystomella

Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA

Description

Constellaria is an extinct genus of bryozoan from the Ordovician.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellaria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4857365	https://www.gbif.org/species/4857365
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	25121	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=25121

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Constellariidae : Constellaria

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporida : Constellaria

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	Cystoporida	Astrova 1964
suborder	Fistuliporina	Astrova 1964
genus	Constellaria	Dana 1848

Scientific Name

Constellaria Dana, 1848

Name Published In

U. S. Explor. Exp. 8

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Constellaria	genus	belongs to Constellariidae	stated with evidence	Bassler, 1911
Constellaria	genus	belongs to Cystoporata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Constellaria	genus	belongs to Fistuliporina	stated with evidence	Bolton and Cuffey, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

470 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

427 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont

Vision

blind (based on Stenolaemata)

Diet

detritivore

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Data from Meyer et al. (2009).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Stenolaemata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellaria

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Constellaria fischeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Constellaria fisheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Constellaria florida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Constellaria islensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Constellaria lamellosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Constellaria parva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Constellaria polystomella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Constellaria teres species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Constellaria varia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1846	Constellaria Dana
1911	Constellaria Bassler
1981	Constellaria Utgaard p. 1062
2002	Constellaria Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Constellaria Bolton and Cuffey

References

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

Bassler R. S. (1911) The early Paleozoic Bryozoa of the Baltic Provinces, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 77, 1-375

Utgaard J. (1981) Lunaferamita, a new genus of Constellariidae (Bryozoa) with strong cystoporate affinities, Journal of Paleontology 55 5, 1058-1070

Bolton T. E., Cuffey R. J. (2005) Bryozoa of the Romaine and Mingan Formations (Lower and Middle Ordovician) of the Mingan Islands, Quebec, Canada, Bryozoan Studies 2004: Proceedings of the 13th International Bryozoology, 25-42

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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

U. S. Explor. Exp. 8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

U. S. Explor. Exp. 8 - 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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