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Cyclospira ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3252440	https://www.gbif.org/species/3252440
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29819	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29819

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Cyclospiridae : Cyclospira

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
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Atrypida	Rzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborder	Lissatrypidina	Copper 1996
superfamily	Protozygoidea	Copper 1986
family	Cyclospiridae	Schuchert 1913
genus	Cyclospira	Hall & Clarke 1894

Scientific Name

Cyclospira Hall & Clarke, 1894

Name Published In

Palaeont. N. York, 8 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cyclospira	genus	belongs to Cyclospiridae	stated with evidence	Rõõmusoks, 1964
Cyclospira	genus	belongs to Dayiidae	stated without evidence	Macomber, 1970
Cyclospira	genus	belongs to Cyclospirinae	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Cyclospira	genus	belongs to Atrypida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cyclospira	genus	belongs to Cyclospiridae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002
Cyclospira	genus	belongs to Protozygidae	stated without evidence	Zhan and Jin, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

427 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Atrypida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Atrypida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

Taphonomy

minor folds

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
Cyclospira bisulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyclospira canadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira circularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira elegantula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyclospira girvanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira glansfagea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira levisulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cyclospira minuscula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira nana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cyclospira orbus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cyclospira parva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira perplexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cyclospira preciosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira quadrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira scanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cyclospira sparsi-plicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclospira sulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cyclorhynchia	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Cyclospiridae : *Cyclorhynchia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Cyclospira Hall and Clarke
1964	Cyclospira Rõõmusoks
1970	Cyclospira Macomber
1977	Cyclospira Mitchell
1997	Cyclospira Jin and Chatterton
2002	Cyclorhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Cyclospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Cyclospira Williams et al. p. 1472
2005	Cyclospira Zhan and Jin

References

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

Rõõmusoks A. (1964) Some Brachiopods from Ordovician Estonia (Nekotorye Brachiopody iz Ordovika Estonii), Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimetised, 1-28

Macomber R. W. (1970) Articulate Brachiopods from the Upper Bighorn Formation (Late Ordovician) of Wyoming, Journal of Paleontology 44 3, 416-450

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

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., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Zhan R.-B., Jin J. (2005) New data on the Foliomena fauna (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Ordovician of South China, Journal of Paleontology 79 4, 670-686

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Palaeont. N. York, 8 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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