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Bythopora

Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Batostomellidae

Taxonomy
Bythopora was named by Miller and Dyer (1878). Its type is Bythopora fruticosa.

It was assigned to Trepostomida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Batostomellidae by Bassler (1911), Bassler (1953) and Ernst and Carrera (2012).

Species
B. fruticosa (type species), B. subgracilis
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. gracilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Bythopora Miller and Dyer
1911Bythopora Bassler
1953Bythopora Bassler p. G99
2002Bythopora Sepkoski
2012Bythopora Ernst and Carrera p. 733

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderTrepostomataUlrich 1882
suborderHalloporinaAstrova 1965
familyBatostomellidaeUlrich 1882
genusBythoporaMiller and Dyer 1878

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Bythopora Miller and Dyer 1878
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†Bythopora fruticosa Miller and Dyer 1878
†Bythopora subgracilis Ulrich 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Wenlock or 468.00000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (New York) B. sp. (332)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) B. sp. (333 334 430)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (Virginia) B. sp. (34738)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Argentina B. dendrina (144790)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5France B. dendrina (143880)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) B. sp. (80105 80106 80107 80108 80594 80597)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Batostomella subgracilis (80713)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) B. subgracilis (167571)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) B. sp. (76092)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) B. dendrina (37195 37196 37197 37198) B. gracilis (5368) B. laxta (5351)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia B. subgracilis (167555)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) B. sp. (337 433 76091)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) B. sp. (349 383 384 385 386)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Michigan) B. striata (26307)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) B. gracilis (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Virginia) B. sp. (5396 5399)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) B. sp. (350 388)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) B. sp. (389 390)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2France B. dendrina, B. tenuis, B. subgracilis (143879)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) B. delicatula, B. striata (5326)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) B. delicatula, B. gracilis (6905) B. gracilis, B. delicatula (6904) B. gracilis, B. meeki, B. striata (6909) B. gracilis, B. striata (6900) B. meeki (6902) B. sp. (355 399 400)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) B. striata (26317)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) B. sp. (392 393)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Ontario) B. delicatula (26305) B. meeki, B. vacua, B. similis (26304)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) B. sp. (541)