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Trypostegidae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6031https://www.gbif.org/species/6031
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)118740https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=118740
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Trypostegidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Trypostegidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
-Polyzoa
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina
superfamilyHippothooideaBusk 1859
familyTrypostegidaeGordon et al. 2005
Scientific NameTrypostegidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Trypostegidaefamilybelongs to Cheilostomatastated without evidenceBock, 2006
Trypostegidaefamilybelongs to Hippothooideastated with evidenceBerning, 2006
Trypostegidaefamilybelongs to Hippothooideastated without evidenceGuha and Gopikrishna, 2007
Trypostegidaefamilybelongs to Hippothooideastated with evidenceDi Martino and Taylor, 2013
Trypostegidaefamilybelongs to Hippothooideastated without evidenceDi Martino and Taylor, 2015
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (43%)
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Cheilostomata)
Visionblind (based on Gymnolaemata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Cheilostomata)
Reproductionoviparous, brooding (based on Cheilostomata)
Ecospace Commentsaverage 8.5% MgCO3 based on two specimens
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. Bock. 2006. http://bryozoa.net.

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Boreas ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Pulpeirina
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Trypostega
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2655.8 Ma
Eocene		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2005Trypostegidae Gordon et al.
2006Trypostegidae Berning p. 56
2006Trypostegidae Bock
2007Trypostegidae Guha and Gopikrishna
2013Trypostegidae Di Martino and Taylor p. 92
2015Trypostegidae Di Martino and Taylor

References

Bock P. (2006) http://bryozoa.net
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
Guha A. K., Gopikrishna K. (2007) Some fossil ascophoran bryozoan taxa from Tertiary sequences of western Kachchh, Gujarat, Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 52 2, 195-222
Di Martino E., Taylor P. D. (2013) First bryozoan fauna from a tropical Cretaceous carbonate: Simsima Formation, United Arab Emirates-Oman border region, Cretaceous Research 43, 80-96
Di Martino E., Taylor P. D. (2015) Miocene Bryozoa from East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Part II: ‘Ascophoran’ Cheilostomata., Scripta Geologica 148, 1-142
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
Gordon, Dennis - 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
Reverter Gil, Oscar - 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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