Lichenoporidae

Lichenoporidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Cyclostomatida. The Lichenoporidae family is characterized by its distinctive lichen-like appearance and is closely related to other bryozoan families, such as the Membraniporidae and Bugulidae.

Lichenoporidae

Alison M. Fortunato · CC0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RectangulataPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Tubuliporata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Tubuliporata
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Tubuliporata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 132 million years on record.

The record covers at least 132.6 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 137.05 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Early Cretaceous — about 34 of 122 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 12 of 122 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 2 of 122 occurrencesEocene — about 10 of 122 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 3 of 122 occurrencesMiocene — about 42 of 122 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 122 occurrencesPleistocene — about 16 of 122 occurrences140–135 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences135–130 Mya — about 2 occurrences130–126 Mya — about 3 occurrences126–121 Mya — about 5 occurrences121–116 Mya — about 10 occurrences116–112 Mya — about 6 occurrences112–107 Mya — about 4 occurrences107–103 Mya — about 2 occurrences103–98 Mya — about 1 occurrence98–93 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences93–89 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences89–84 Mya — about 3 occurrences84–79 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences75–70 Mya — about 3 occurrences70–65 Mya — about 5 occurrences65–61 Mya — about 2 occurrences61–56 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences56–51 Mya — about 1 occurrence51–47 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences47–42 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences42–37 Mya — about 5 occurrences37–33 Mya — about 3 occurrences33–28 Mya — about 2 occurrences28–23 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences23–19 Mya — about 4 occurrences19–14 Mya — about 16 occurrences14–9.3 Mya — about 14 occurrences9.3–4.7 Mya — about 8 occurrences4.7–0 Mya — about 19 occurrences132.6 Mya129 ka140 Mya0 Mya

122 occurrences of Lichenoporidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

122 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

29 formations

Grès verts helvétiques — 46.00°N, 6.68°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.04°N, 6.62°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.13°N, 6.81°EKorojon — 22.99°S, 114.09°EPerte-du-Rhône — 45.12°N, 5.37°EPerte-du-Rhône — 45.10°N, 5.48°EPolonez Cove — 62.25°S, 59.00°WKolymbia — 36.25°N, 28.17°EMarianna Limestone — 31.53°N, 87.89°WPirabas — 0.70°S, 47.51°WPirabas — 0.21°S, 48.92°WAvon Park — 29.01°N, 82.65°WRhodes — 36.42°N, 28.20°ETimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WSandgate — 51.67°N, 1.58°WRed Bluff Tuff — 44.00°S, 176.67°EBarton Clay — 50.74°N, 1.69°WBarton Beds — 50.74°N, 1.69°WBrèches rouges de Carboneras — 37.60°N, 1.32°WConglomérats de Bargy — 46.02°N, 6.46°ECanepatch — 33.83°N, 78.89°WBarre a Orbitolines — 44.57°N, 5.17°EPerte-du-Rhone — 45.12°N, 5.37°EUrgonien jaune — 46.70°N, 6.38°ERed Bluff — 31.54°N, 87.52°WMoodys Branch — 32.32°N, 90.16°WClaiborne Sand — 31.53°N, 87.50°WJizera — 50.73°N, 14.55°E

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The named rock units Lichenoporidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 65 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lichenoporidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Lichenoporidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,972 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 83 sites for Lichenoporidae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

46 references

Each of the 122 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 34 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Lichenoporidae

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Alison M. Fortunato
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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Lichenoporidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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