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Discoporella

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1009211	https://www.gbif.org/species/1009211
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	25879	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=25879

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Cupuladriidae : Discoporella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Cupuladriidae : Discoporella

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	Calloporoidea	Norman 1903
family	Cupuladriidae	Lagaaij 1952
genus	Discoporella	d'Orbigny 1852

Scientific Name

Discoporella d'Orbigny, 1852

Name Published In

Ann. Sci. Nat., (3) Zool., 17

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Discoporella	genus	belongs to Cupuladriidae	stated with evidence	Scolaro, 1970
Discoporella	genus	belongs to Calpensiidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Discoporella	genus	belongs to Cheilostomata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Discoporella	genus	belongs to Cupuladriidae	stated without evidence	Guha, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene

Motility

stationary (based on Cupuladriidae)

Vision

blind (based on Gymnolaemata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cupuladriidae)

Reproduction

oviparous, brooding (based on Cheilostomata)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Cupuladriidae)

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
Discoporella bocasdeltoroensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella ciliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella conica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella cookae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella crassiuscula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella depressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella gemmulifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella marcusorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella misrai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Discoporella ocellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella peltifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella reussiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella salvadorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella scutella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella terminata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella triangula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discoporella umbellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1852	Discoporella d'Orbigny
1970	Discoporella Scolaro p. 96
1999	Discoporella Wienrich p. 273
2002	Discoporella Sepkoski, Jr.
2013	Discoporella Guha

References

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

Scolaro R. J. (1970) Note on Miocene Bryozoa from northwestern Florida, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8 2, 93-98

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

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

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

Ann. Sci. Nat., (3) Zool., 17 - 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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