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Pionodema ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3252509	https://www.gbif.org/species/3252509
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26929	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26929

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : Pionodema

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	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Enteletoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Draboviidae	Havlicek 1950
subfamily	Draboviinae	Havlicek 1950
genus	Pionodema	Foerste 1912

Scientific Name

Pionodema Foerste, 1912

Name Published In

Bull. Denison Univ., 17

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pionodema	genus	belongs to Brachiopoda	stated without evidence	Wilson, 1949
Pionodema	genus	belongs to Draboviinae	stated with evidence	Hints, 1975
Pionodema	genus	belongs to Dalmanellidae	stated without evidence	Howe, 1988
Pionodema	genus	belongs to Draboviinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Pionodema	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

441 - 439 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Draboviidae)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Draboviidae)

Taphonomy

thin,minor ribbing, minor internal reinforcement

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
Pionodema aberstadti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pionodema alberstadti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pionodema camerata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pionodema cooperi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Pionodema costata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pionodema crassipunctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pionodema dubia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pionodema girvaniensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pionodema hypermeca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Pionodema minuscula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Pionodema opima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Middle Ordovician
Pionodema punctostriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pionodema rectimarginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pionodema subaequata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Pionodema sulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pionodema tennesseensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pionodema uniplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pianodema Bassler, 1919	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : *Pianodema*
Bathycoelia Foerste, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : *Bathycoelia*
Pianodema Foerste, 1912	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : *Pianodema*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1912	Pionodema Foerste
1949	Pianodema Wilson
1975	Pionodema Hints
1977	Pionodema Mitchell
1988	Pionodema Howe p. 209
2000	Pionodema Williams et al. p. 831
2002	Pionodema Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Wilson C. W. (1949) Pre-Chattanooga stratigraphy in Central Tennessee, Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 56, 1-415

Hints L. (1975) Ordovician brachiopods Enteletacea of the east baltic area, Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Institut, 1-119

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

Howe H. J. (1988) Articulate brachiopods from the Richmondian of Tennessee, Journal of Paleontology 62 2, 204-218

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

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - 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

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

Bull. Denison Univ., 17 - 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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