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Hippoporidridae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2130	https://www.gbif.org/species/2130
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	118700	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=118700

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Hippoporidridae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Hippoporidridae

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
family	Hippoporidridae	Vigneaux 1949

Scientific Name

Hippoporidridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hippoporidridae	family	belongs to Cheilostomata	stated with evidence	Bock, 2006
Hippoporidridae	family	belongs to Celleporoidea	stated without evidence	Di Martino and Taylor, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (71%)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Cheilostomata)

Vision

blind (based on Gymnolaemata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cheilostomata)

Reproduction

oviparous, brooding (based on Cheilostomata)

Ecospace Comments

45.6 weight-% calcite with 7.7% MgCO3 based on 5 specimens

Taphonomy

aragonite, intermediate Mg calcite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Abditoporella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fodinella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippoporella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Hippoporidra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Hippotrema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Odontoporella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Scorpiodinipora genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hippoponellidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Hippoponellidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1949	Hippoporidridae Vigneaux
2006	Hippoporidridae Bock
2015	Hippoporidridae Di Martino and Taylor

References

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

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 Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1998). Cheilostomatous Bryozoa: 1. Aeteoidea - Cribrilinoidea: notes for the identification of British species. 2nd ed. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 10. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-261-7. vii, 366 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bock, P. (2000-current). The Bryozoa Home Page. Available online at http://www.bryozoa.net/ (consulted Dec 2006). - 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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