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Estlandia

Description

Estlandia is a gonambonitid genus. It is one of the endemic brachiopods in the Ordovician of Baltoscandia. Currently, eight different species and subspecies of the genus have been recorded from the Aseri to Keila stages.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4864826https://www.gbif.org/species/4864826
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)26769https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26769
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Gonambonitidae : Estlandia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderBillingsellidaSchuchert 1893
suborderClitambonitidinaOpik 1934
superfamilyClitambonitoideaWinchell and Schuchert 1893
familyGonambonitidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusEstlandiaSchuchert & Cooper 1931
Scientific NameEstlandia Schuchert & Cooper, 1931
Name Published InAmer. J. Sci. (5) 22
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Estlandiagenusbelongs to Estlandiidaestated with evidenceAlikhova, 1953
Estlandiagenusbelongs to Gonambonitinaestated with evidenceRubel, 1963
Estlandiagenusbelongs to Gonambonitidaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Estlandiagenusbelongs to Orthidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance468 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance458 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Billingsellida)
Visionblind (based on Strophomenata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Billingsellida)
Taphonomylow 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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estlandia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Estlandia catellatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Estlandia hispida
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Estlandia marginata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
11466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Estlandia pyron
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
17461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Estlandia seidlitzi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2468 Ma
Middle Ordovician
464 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1931Estlandia Schuchert and Cooper
1953Estlandia Alikhova
1963Estlandia Rubel
2000Estlandia Williams et al. p. 704
2002Estlandia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Estlandia Zuykov and Hints

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Alikhova T. N. (1953) Rukovodyashchaya fauna brakhiopod ordovikskikh otlozhenij severo-sapadnoy chasti russkoj platformy, Trudy Vsesoyusnogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Geologicheskogo Instituta (VSEBEI) Ministerstva Geologichestii i Okhrany NEDR, 1-127
Rubel M. P. (1963) On Baltic Lower Ordovician gonambonitids (Clitambonitacea, Brach.), Trudy Instituta geologii AN ESSR 13, 91-108
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
Zuykov M., Hints L. (2002) New species of Estlandia (Clitambonitidina, Brachiopoda) in the Upper Ordovician of the East Baltic, Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 51 3, 135-142
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
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
Amer. J. Sci. (5) 22 - 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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