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Triadithyrididae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Triadithyrididae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Triadithyrididae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Triadithyrididae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. A. B. Pearson. 1977. Rhaetian brachiopods of Europe. Neue Denkschriften des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 1:1-85 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Inversithyris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Laevithyris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Lenothyris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Triadithyris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Viligothyris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1977 | Triadithyridinae Pearson p. 42 |
2006 | Triadithyrididae Williams et al. p. 2089 |
References
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!