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Rhynchonellida

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Calcirhynchia calcaria

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Tetrarhynchia tetrahedra

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Calcirhynchia calcaria

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Tetrarhynchia tetrahedra

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Calcirhynchia calcaria

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Tetrarhynchia tetrahedra

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28340	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28340

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhynchonellida	order	belongs to Articulata	stated without evidence	Brunton and Champion, 1974
Rhynchonellida	order	belongs to Brachiopoda	stated without evidence	Perry and Chatterton, 1979
Rhynchonellida	order	belongs to Articulata	stated without evidence	Chiesa et al., 1995
Rhynchonellida	order	belongs to Articulata	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Rhynchonellida	order	belongs to Rhynchonellata	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Rhynchonellida	order	belongs to Rhynchonellata	stated without evidence	Bitner and Martinell, 2001
Rhynchonellida	order	belongs to Articulata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Rhynchonellida	order	belongs to Rhynchonellata	stated with evidence	Jakobsen et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

2,968

Extant Size (PBDB)

75 (2.5%)

First Recorded Appearance

488 - 472 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Rhynchonellida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ancistrorhynchoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	140	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Basilioloidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)
Camarotoechioidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	791	443 Ma Silurian	0 Ma Extant
Dimerelloidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	134	347 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Hemithiridoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	3,875	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Lambdarinoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	8	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	260 Ma Permian
Norelloidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	836	296 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Pugnacoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	1,841	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	0 Ma Extant
Rhynchonelloidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	3,408	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	0 Ma Extant
Rhynchonelloidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	891	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	279 Ma Permian
Rhynchoporoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	553	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	260 Ma Permian
Rhynchotetradoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	538	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rhynchotrematoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	3,373	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	0 Ma Extant
Stenoscismatoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	1,347	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Uncinuloidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	753	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Wellerelloidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	2,757	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Apodosiidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Cardinirhynchiidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyclothyridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Praecyclothyrididae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Antistrixia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Halorella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chapursania ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Dorsisinus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Isjuminelina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Laosia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Latirhynchia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Omolonorhynchia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pompoecilorhynchus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudonudirostra ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sacothyropsis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Seminula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	318 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Tatjamoa ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Yunshanella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1855	Rhynchonella mundula Simpson p. 131
1858	Rhynchonella guadalupae Shumard p. 295
1859	Rhynchonella guadalupae Shumard p. 392 figs. Pl 11, figs 6a-c
1893	Protorhyncha Hall and Clarke
1911	Protorhyncha Raymond
1931	Uncinuloides guadalupensis King p. 112
1949	Rhynchonellida Kuhn
1956	Pseudopugnax Licharew p. 56
1974	Rhynchonellida Brunton and Champion p. 819
1976	Borealirhynchia Su
1979	Rhynchonellida Perry and Chatterton p. 310
1980	Asiarhynchia Su
1986	Plekonina Waterhouse p. 65
1992	Areella Erlang
1995	Rhynchonellida Chiesa et al. p. 26
1996	Atlanticocoelia Koch pp. 1088 - 1090
1997	Rhynchonellida Jin and Chatterton
2000	Rhynchonellida Williams et al. p. 1027
2001	Rhynchonellida Bitner and Martinell p. 179
2002	Areella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Asiarhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Atlanticocoelia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Beichuanrhynchus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Borealirhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Camarotoechioides Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Corrugatimediorostrum Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Donella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Hypoleiorhynchus Sepkoski, Jr.

Year	Name and Author
2002	Langkawia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Leiorhynchoides Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Linxiangxiella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Miaohuangrhynchus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Mongolirhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Neimongolella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Paratetratomia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Paryphorhynchopora Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Payuella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Perakia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Platyglossariorhynchus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Plekonina Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Protorhyncha Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pseudopugnax Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Rhynchonellida Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Rhynchotretaoides Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Rhynchotretina Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Salairotoechia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Sichuanrhynchus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Straelenia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Tanerhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Togaella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Uralotoechia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Wulungguia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Yanbianella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Yarirhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Rhynchonellida Jakobsen et al.
2015	Rhynchonellida Hints and Harper

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Shumard B. F. Notice of new fossils from the Permian strata of New Mexico and Texas, collected by Dr. George G. Shumard, geologist of the United States Government expedition for obtaining water by means of artesian wells along the 32nd parallel, under the direction of Capt John Pope, US Corps Topographic Engineers, Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 1, 290-297

Shumard B. F. Notice of fossils from the Permian strata of Texas and New Mexico obtained by the United States expedition under Capt. John Pope, for boring artesian wells along the 32nd parallel, with descriptions of new species from these strata and the Coal Measures of that region, Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 1, 387-402

Raymond P. E. (1911) The Brachiopoda and Ostracoda of the Chazyan, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 7, 215-259

King R. E. (1931) The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda, The University of Texas Bulletin 3042, 1-245

Licharew B. K. (1956) Taxonomic names, Materialy po Paleontologii, Novye Semeystva i Rody, 52-70

Brunton C. H. C., Champion C. (1974) A Lower Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from the Manifold Valley, Staffordshire, Palaeontology 17 4, 811-840

Perry D. G., Chatterton B. D. E. (1979) Late Early Triassic brachiopod and conodont fauna, Thaynes Formation, southeastern Idaho, Journal of Paleontology 53 2, 307-319

Waterhouse J. B. (1986) Taxonomic names, in Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193 1-4, 1-76

Chiesa J.O., Parma S.G., et al (1995) Observaciones estratigraficas en el Paleogeno del noroeste de la Provincia de Santa Cruz (Republica Argentina). Parte II: Invertebrados marinos de la Formacion El Chacy (Eoceno), Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Systematica y bioestratigrafia, Monografias de la Acadamia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas Y Naturales 11, 17-68

Koch W. F. (1996) Atlanticocoelia, new leptocoeliid (Brachiopoda) genus from the Devonian of Eastern North America, Journal of Paleontology 70 6, 1088-1090

Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Bitner M. A., Martinell J. (2001) Pliocene brachiopods from the Estepona area (Málaga, South Spain), Revista Española de Paleontología 16 2, 177-185

Jakobsen K. G., Brock G. A., et al (2014) Brachiopods associated with stromatoporoid mounds from the Middle to Upper Ordovician Cashions Creek Limestone, Tasmania, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 45 45, 249-265

Hints L., Harper D. A. T. (2015) The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2, 395-420 doi:10.4202/app.2013.0010

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