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Rectonychocella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1005830	https://www.gbif.org/species/1005830
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26164	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26164

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomatida : Onychocellidae : Rectonychocella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata : Opesiulidae : Rectonychocella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
-	Polyzoa
phylum	Bryozoa	Ehrenberg 1831
class	Gymnolaemata	Allman 1856
order	Cheilostomata	Busk 1859
suborder	Anasca	Levinsen 1909
family	Opesiulidae	Jullien 1888
genus	Rectonychocella	Canu & Bassler 1917

Scientific Name

Rectonychocella Canu & Bassler, 1917

Name Published In

Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 96

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rectonychocella	genus	belongs to Opesiulidae	stated without evidence	Canu and Bassler, 1935
Rectonychocella	genus	belongs to Cheilostomata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Cheilostomata)

Vision

blind (based on Gymnolaemata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cheilostomata)

Reproduction

oviparous, brooding (based on Cheilostomata)

Taphonomy

intermediate Mg calcite (based on Cheilostomata)

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	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Rectonychocella bilamellaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rectonychocella dimorphocella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Rectonychocella disjuncta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rectonychocella elliptica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rectonychocella grandipora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rectonychocella ovalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rectonychocella semiluna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rectonychocella solida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rectonychocella tenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Rectonychocella Canu and Bassler
2002	Rectonychocella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Canu F., Bassler R. S. (1935) New species of Tertiary Cheilostome Bryozoa from Victoria, Australia, Smithsonian miscellaneous collections 93 9, 1-54

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333 - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006/ERMS - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

www.bryozoa.net (Mar 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 96 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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