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Salopia ✝
| Description | Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian sə-LOH-pee-ən, Welsh: Swydd Amwythig) is a county in England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south. Shropshire Council was created in 2009, a unitary authority taking over from the previous county council and five district councils. The borough of Telford and Wrekin has been a separate unitary authority since 1998 but continues to be included in the ceremonial county. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salopia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Linoporellidae : Salopia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Salopia Whitting & Williams, 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Phil. Trans., [B], 238, no. 658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Orthida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Orthida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | minor ribbing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salopia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Orthis salteri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Salopia gracilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Salopia posterior species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Salopia salteri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Salopia Williams |
| 2000 | Salopia Williams et al. p. 839 |
| 2002 | Salopia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2017 | Salopia Liljeroth et al. |
References
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!
