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Richthofenia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3252530	https://www.gbif.org/species/3252530
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27891	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27891

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Richthofeniidae : Richthofenia

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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Lyttoniidina	Williams et al. 2000
superfamily	Richthofenioidea	Waagen 1885
family	Richthofeniidae	Waagen 1885
genus	Richthofenia	Kayser 1881

Scientific Name

Richthofenia Kayser, 1881

Name Published In

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 33

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Richthofenia	genus	belongs to Richthofeniinae	stated with evidence	Muir-Wood and Cooper, 1960
Richthofenia	genus	belongs to Richthofeniidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Richthofenia	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Lyttoniidina)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Lyttoniidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Lyttoniidina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

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
Richthofenia anshunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Richthofenia caucasica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Richthofenia elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Richthofenia guangdeensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Richthofenia lawrenciana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		96	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Richthofenia likharewi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Richthofenia orientalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Richthofenia sinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Richthofenia teguliferoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Richthofenia tilita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Richthofenia ussurica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1960	Richthofenia Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 135
2000	Richthofenia Williams et al. p. 611
2002	Richthofenia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Muir-Wood H., Cooper G. A. (1960) Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda), Geological Society of America Memoir 81, 1-447

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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 33 - 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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