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Monticuliporidae âśť
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomata : Monticuliporidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 470 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 403 - 392 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stenolaemata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Stenolaemata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Stenolaemata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Stenolaemata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. S. Bassler. 1911. The early Paleozoic Bryozoa of the Baltic Provinces. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 77:1-375 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dittoporinae âśť subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 22 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Atactoporella âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Homotrypa âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 211 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Homotrypella âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Monticulipora âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 57 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Orbignyella âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Prasopora âśť genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 275 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1881 | Monticuliporidae Nicholson |
| 1911 | Monticuliporidae Bassler |
| 2009 | Monticuliporidae Jimenez Sanchez |
| 2011 | Monticuliporidae Koromyslova |
| 2015 | Monticuliporidae Jiménez-Sánchez et al. |
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!
