Membranipora

Membranipora is a genus of bryozoans in the family Membraniporidae. A typical example is the widely distributed species Membranipora membranacea that commonly encrusts seaweeds, particularly fronds of the kelps Laminaria digitata, L. hyperborea, and Saccorhiza polyschides.

Membranipora

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MembraniporidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Gymnolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 100 million years on record.

The record covers at least 100.5 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 113.2 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Early Cretaceous — about 2 of 81 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 20 of 81 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 12 of 81 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 6 of 81 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 7 of 81 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 22 of 81 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 4 of 81 occurrencesPleistocene — about 8 of 81 occurrences115–112 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences112–108 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences108–104 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences104–100 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences100–96 Mya — about 4 occurrences96–92 Mya — about 3 occurrences92–89 Mya — about 2 occurrences89–85 Mya — about 3 occurrences85–81 Mya — about 2 occurrences81–77 Mya — about 2 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 2 occurrences73–69 Mya — about 2 occurrences69–65 Mya — about 3 occurrences65–62 Mya — about 10 occurrences62–58 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences58–54 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences50–46 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences46–42 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences42–38 Mya — about 3 occurrences38–35 Mya — about 3 occurrences35–31 Mya — about 3 occurrences31–27 Mya — about 3 occurrences27–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–12 Mya — about 11 occurrences12–7.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences7.7–3.8 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.8–0 Mya — about 11 occurrences100.5 Mya129 ka115 Mya0 Mya

81 occurrences of Membranipora 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

81 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

22 formations

Dakota — 36.02°N, 111.05°WDakota — 35.99°N, 111.94°WAcredale — 36.79°N, 76.17°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.67°N, 96.34°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WKiowa — 37.32°N, 99.75°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.08°WMarianna Limestone — 31.52°N, 87.33°WAvon Park — 29.01°N, 82.65°WWataepoolan limestone — 37.93°S, 141.41°EMoodys Branch — 31.89°N, 88.39°WChoptank — 38.39°N, 76.57°WTalbot — 38.07°N, 76.36°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRed Bluff — 31.63°N, 88.31°WAquia — 40.35°N, 74.25°WMokattam — 28.73°N, 30.92°EMacarao — 11.85°N, 71.33°WCotinguiba — 10.86°S, 37.15°WGlenaulin clay — 37.93°S, 141.41°EOtotara Limestone — 45.07°S, 170.92°EPalos Verdes — 33.63°N, 117.90°WMartinez — 38.90°N, 122.61°WLomita Marl — 33.74°N, 118.29°W

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The named rock units Membranipora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 45 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Membranipora and its relatives

Miocene

Where Membranipora and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,843 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 55 sites for Membranipora, 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

33 references

Each of the 81 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. 21 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 Membranipora

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Membranipora was found in Sketchfab.

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

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Blainville 1834