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Hippothoa

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippothoidae

Taxonomy
Hippothoa is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Hippothoidae.

It was assigned to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hippothoidae by Brown (1952), Bassler (1953), Schmidt (2003) and Bock (2006).

Species
H. distans, H. hyalina
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. naredensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Hippothoa Brown
1953Hippothoa Bassler p. G195
2002Hippothoa Sepkoski
2003Hippothoa Schmidt
2006Hippothoa Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
familyHippothoidaeBusk 1859
genusHippothoa

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.

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Hippothoa distans MacGillivray 1869
Hippothoa hyalina Linnaeus 1767
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:35:30
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:35:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Runangan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 36.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 34.3 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand H. distans (173838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) H. naredensis (46311)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand H. distans (173830)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand H. distans (173738) H. distans, H. hyalina (173740) H. hyalina (173737)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica H. hyalina (41581)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy H. flagellum (146291)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand H. hyalina (173829)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand H. hyalina (173732 173733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) H. hyalina (160361)