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Tunisiglossa ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4864328https://www.gbif.org/species/4864328
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)26424https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26424
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Obolidae : Tunisiglossa
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyGlossellinaeCooper 1956
genusTunisiglossaHavlicek 1977
Scientific NameTunisiglossa Havlicek, 1977
Name Published Inin Massa, Havlicek & Bonnefous, Bull. Cent. Rech. Explor.-Prod. Elf-Aquitaine 1
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tunisiglossagenusbelongs to Glossellinaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Tunisiglossagenusbelongs to Lingulidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Tunisiglossagenusbelongs to Glossellinaestated with evidencePopov et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance458 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance458 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Obolidae)
Visionblind (based on Lingulata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Obolidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Lingulida)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Tunisiglossa almalensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician		458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1977Tunisiglossa Massa et al.
2000Tunisiglossa Williams et al. p. 60
2002Tunisiglossa Sepkoski, Jr.
2007Tunisiglossa Popov et al. pp. 34-45

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Popov L.E., Ebbestad J.E.R., et al (2007) A low diversity shallow water lingulid brachiopodgastropod association from the Upper Ordovician of Kyrgyz Range, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 1, 27-40
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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
in Massa, Havlicek & Bonnefous, Bull. Cent. Rech. Explor.-Prod. Elf-Aquitaine 1 - 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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