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Figularia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1008263	https://www.gbif.org/species/1008263
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	25915	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=25915

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Cribrilinidae : Figularia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Cribrilinidae : Figularia

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
superfamily	Cribrilinoidea	Hincks 1879
family	Cribrilinidae	Hincks 1880
genus	Figularia	Jullien 1886

Scientific Name

Figularia Jullien, 1886

Name Published In

Jullien, J. (1886). Les Costulidées, nouvelle famille de Bryozoaires. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 11: 601-620.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Figularia	genus	belongs to Cribrilinidae	stated without evidence	Brown, 1952
Figularia	genus	belongs to Cribrilinidae	stated with evidence	Cheetham, 1972
Figularia	genus	belongs to Cribrilinidae	stated without evidence	Lee et al., 1997
Figularia	genus	belongs to Cheilostomata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Figularia	genus	belongs to Cribrilinidae	stated without evidence	Schmidt, 2003
Figularia	genus	belongs to Cribrilinidae	stated with evidence	Berning, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (44%)

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

intermediate Mg calcite (based on Cribrilinidae)

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
Figularia ampla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia arnouldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia capitifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia carinata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Figularia clithridiata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia contraria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia crassicostulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia dimorpha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia echinoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	34.3 Ma Eocene	34.3 Ma Eocene
Figularia figularis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Figularia fissa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia fissurata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia hilli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia huttoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	19.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Figularia japonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia jucunda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia kenleyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Figularia mernae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia ortmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia pelmatifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia philomela species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia planicostulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia pulcherrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia quaylei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia rugosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Figularia speciosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia spinea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Figularia tahitiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Figularia tenuicosta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	19.0 Ma Miocene	19.0 Ma Miocene
Figularia triangula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Membraniporella rugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Membraniporella tenuicosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Figulina Levinsen, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Cribrilinidae : *Figulina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1886	Figularia Jullien
1952	Figularia Brown
1958	Figularia Brown
1972	Figularia Cheetham
1997	Figularia Lee et al.
2000	Figularia Pouyet
2002	Figularia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Figularia Schmidt
2006	Figularia Berning p. 52
2006	Figularia Bock

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

Cheetham A. H. (1972) Cheilostome Byrozoa of Late Eocene age from Eua, Tonga, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 640-E

Lee D. E., Scholz J., et al (1997) Paleoecology of a Late Eocene Mobile Rockground Biota from North Otago, New Zealand, Palaios 12 6, 568-581 doi:10.2307/3515412

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

Schmidt R. (2003) Eocene bryozoa of the St. Vincent Basin, south Australia – taxonomy, biogeography and palaeoenvironments, 1-343

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

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

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

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

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

Jullien, J. (1886). Les Costulidées, nouvelle famille de Bryozoaires. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 11: 601-620. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 11 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bryozoan homepage - via World Register of Marine Species

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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