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Rhynchoporidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3252465https://www.gbif.org/species/3252465
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)126110https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=126110
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchoporidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchoporoideaMuir-Wood 1955
familyRhynchoporidaeMuir-Wood 1955
Scientific NameRhynchoporidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhynchoporidaefamilybelongs to Rhynchoporoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)46
First Recorded Appearance383 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 252 Ma
Permian
Motilitystationary (based on Rhynchonellida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and S. J. Carlson, F. Alvarez, R. B. Blodgett, A. J. Boucot, P. Copper, A. S. Dagys, R. E. Grant, Y.-G. Jin, D. I. MacKinnon, M. O. Mancenido, E. F. Owen, J.-Y. Rong, N. M. Savage, D.-L. Sun. 2002. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Araratellinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)9383 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Rhynchoporinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)544372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
260 Ma
Permian
Tretorhynchinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Rhynchopora
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
544372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
260 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1955Rhynchoporidae Muir-Wood
2002Rhynchoporidae Williams et al. p. 1232

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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