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Moorellininae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)127094https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=127094
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Thecideida : Thecidellinidae : Moorellininae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecideoideaGray 1840
familyThecidellinidaeElliott 1958
subfamilyMoorellininaePajaud 1966
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Moorellininaesubfamilybelongs to Thecidellinidaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance145 - 136 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Thecideida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Thecideida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and SJ Carlson, PG Baker, JL Carter, GB Curry, AS Dagys, R. Gourvennec, HF Hou, YG Jin, JG Johnson, DE Lee, DI MacKinnon, PR Racheboeuf, TN Smirnova, DL Sun. 2006. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5:1689-2320

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bosquetella ✝
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Moorellina ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10222 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Pachymoorellina ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2176 Ma
Early Jurassic
176 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1966Moorellininae Pajaud
2006Moorellininae Williams et al. p. 1953

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320
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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