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Ceramoporella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4857494	https://www.gbif.org/species/4857494
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	25116	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=25116

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporida : Ceramoporidae : Ceramoporella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporata : Ceramoporidae : Ceramoporella

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	Cystoporata	Astrova 1964
suborder	Ceramoporina	Bassler 1913
family	Ceramoporidae	Ulrich 1882
genus	Ceramoporella	Ulrich 1882

Scientific Name

Ceramoporella Ulrich, 1882

Name Published In

J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 5, 148

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ceramoporella	genus	belongs to Ceramoporidae	stated with evidence	Bassler, 1911
Ceramoporella	genus	belongs to Cystoporata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ceramoporella	genus	belongs to Ceramoporina	stated with evidence	Bolton and Cuffey, 2005
Ceramoporella	genus	belongs to Ceramoporidae	stated with evidence	Jimenez Sanchez, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

472 - 461 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

433 - 427 Ma
Silurian

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)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ceramoporella adamarhombica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ceramoporella distincta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceramoporella grandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceramoporella granulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ceramoporella inclinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ceramoporella inclusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceramoporella ingenua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceramoporella interporosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceramoporella irregularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceramoporella triloba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceramoporella tubulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceramoporella umbrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceramoporella uxnormensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ceramoporella vasalemmica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Ceramoporella Ulrich
1882	Cheiloporella Ulrich
1911	Ceramoporella Bassler
2002	Ceramoporella Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Ceramoporella Bolton and Cuffey
2009	Ceramoporella Jimenez Sanchez

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

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

Jimenez Sanchez A. (2009) The upper Katian (Ordovician) bryozoans from the Eastern Iberian Chains (NE Spain), Bulletin of Geosciences 84 4, 687-738

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 5, 148 - 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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