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Terebratulida

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Coenothyris vulgaris

Jochenberg Quarry, Bad Kösen, Naumburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Terebratula sp.

Portugal

Coenothyris vulgaris

Jochenberg Quarry, Bad Kösen, Naumburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Terebratula sp.

Portugal

Coenothyris vulgaris

Jochenberg Quarry, Bad Kösen, Naumburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Terebratula sp.

Portugal

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29979	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29979

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida

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	Terebratulida	Waagen 1883

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Terebratulida	order	belongs to Articulata	stated without evidence	Brunton and Champion, 1974
Terebratulida	order	belongs to Brachiopoda	stated without evidence	Perry and Chatterton, 1979
Terebratulida	order	belongs to Articulata	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Terebratulida	order	belongs to Articulata	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Terebratulida	order	belongs to Articulata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Terebratulida	order	belongs to Rhynchonellata	stated without evidence	Feldman, 2002
Terebratulida	order	belongs to Rhynchonellata	stated with evidence	Kaim et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

3,258

Extant Size (PBDB)

378 (12%)

First Recorded Appearance

433 - 427 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary (based on Terebratulida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Terebratulida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Centronellidina ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Gwyniidina suborder	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Terebratellidina suborder	listed (PBDB)	4,062	260 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Terebratulidina suborder	listed (PBDB)	12,725	427 Ma Silurian	0 Ma Extant
Clathrithyridoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)
Aulacothyroideidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)
Obolorugidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aerithyris ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Asiacranaena ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bullothyris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ense ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Loenthyris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Minithyris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Parasulcatinella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Rugosothyris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Selenella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Struvethyris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Subsinucephalus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Triseptothyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Yekerpene ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1883	Terebratulida Waagen
1974	Terebratulida Brunton and Champion p. 837
1979	Terebratulida Perry and Chatterton p. 315
1984	Terebratulida Squires p. 15
1997	Terebratulida Jin and Chatterton
2002	Terebratulida Feldman p. 37
2002	Eudesites Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Terebratulida Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Terebratulida Kaim et al. p. 76

References

Waagen W. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2, Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1 4, 391-546

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

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

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

Feldman H. R. (2002) A new species of Coenothyris (Brachiopoda) from the Triassic (Upper Anisian-Ladinian) of Israel, Journal of Paleontology 76 1, 34-42

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

Kaim A., Bitner A., et al (2010) A monospecific assemblage of terebratulide brachiopods in the Upper Cretaceous seep deposits of Omagari, Hokkaido, Japan, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 1, 73-84

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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