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Dicellomus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864354	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864354
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26340	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26340

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Obolidae : Dicellomus

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	Linguliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Lingulata	Gorjansky and Popov 1985
order	Lingulida	Waagen 1885
superfamily	Linguloidea	Menke 1828
family	Obolidae	King 1846
subfamily	Obolinae	King 1846
genus	Dicellomus	Hall 1871

Scientific Name

Dicellomus Hall, 1871

Name Published In

Prelim. Notice: 23rd Ann. Rep. State Cab. Nat. Hist. N.Y.: 1-5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dicellomus	genus	belongs to Obolinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Dicellomus	genus	belongs to Lingulida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

516 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

497 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Obolidae)

Vision

blind (based on Lingulata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Obolidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (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

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dicellomus amblia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus appalachia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus fiestus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus globosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus minutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus mosaica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus nanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Dicellomus occidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus parvus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus politus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Dicellomus prolificus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicellomus walcotti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2000	Dicellomus Williams et al. p. 43
2002	Dicellomus Sepkoski, Jr.

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

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 721 Dicellomus Hall, 1871 (Brachiopoda): designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22, 28-29 (1965) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Notes Brachiop - 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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