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Magnicanalis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4863867https://www.gbif.org/species/4863867
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)26621https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26621
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Obolellata : Obolellida : Obolellidae : Magnicanalis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classObolellata
orderObolellidaRowell 1965
superfamilyObolelloideaWalcott and Schuchert 1908
familyObolellidaeWalcott and Schuchert 1908
genusMagnicanalisRowell 1962
Scientific NameMagnicanalis Rowell, 1962
Name Published InJ. Paleont. 36
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Magnicanalisgenusbelongs to Obolellidastated without evidenceBengtson, 1992
Magnicanalisgenusbelongs to Obolellidaestated without evidenceGeyer, 1994
Magnicanalisgenusbelongs to Obolellidaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Magnicanalisgenusbelongs to Obolellidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Motilitystationary (based on Obolellida)
Visionblind (based on Obolellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Obolellida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Obolellida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1962Magnicanalis Rowell
1992Magnicanalis Bengtson p. 1030
1994Magnicanalis Geyer p. 996
2000Magnicanalis Williams et al. p. 204
2002Magnicanalis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Bengtson S. (1992) Proterozoic and earliest Cambrian skeletal metazoans, The Proterozoic Biosphere: A Multidisciplinary Study, 1017-1034
Geyer G. (1994) A new obolellid brachiopod from the Lower Cambrian of Morocco, Journal of Paleontology 68 5, 995-1002
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J. Paleont. 36 - 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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