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Platystrophia laticosta ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)160101https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=160101
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia : Platystrophia laticosta
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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyPlatystrophiidaeSchuchert 1929
genusPlatystrophiaKing 1850
speciesPlatystrophia laticosta
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Platystrophia laticostaspeciesbelongs to Platystrophiastated with evidenceFoerste, 1909
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Platystrophia)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Platystrophia)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)U. P. James. 1871. Catalogue of the Lower Silurian fossils, Cincinnati Group

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1871Orthis laticosta James p. 10
1873Orthis (Platystrophia) laticosta Meek p. 116 figs. pl. 10 f. 4
1909Platystrophia laticosta Foerste pp. 58 - 59 figs. Plate III, figs. I A. B.
1979Platystrophia laticosta Alberstadt pp. B14 - B16 figs. Plate 5, figures 45-49; plate 6, figures 1-13, 19-28; plate 7, figures 17-21
2007Vinlandostrophia laticosta Zuykov and Harper figs. pl. 3. f. 1-2

References

James U. P. , Catalogue of the Lower Silurian fossils, Cincinnati Group, 1-14
Meek F. B. Descriptions of the invertebrate fossils of the Silurian and Devonian systems, Geological Survey of Ohio 1 2, 1-243
Foerste A. F. (1909) Fossils from the Silurian Formations of Tennessee, Indiana and Kentucky, Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 14 6, 61-107
Alberstadt L. P. (1979) The brachiopod genus Platystrophia, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 B, B1-B20
Zuykov M. A., Harper D. A. T. (2007) Platystrophia (Orthida) and new related Ordovician and Early Silurian brachiopod genera, Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56, 11-34
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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