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Eocoelia ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864866	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864866
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29830	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29830

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Leptocoeliidae : Eocoelia

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	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949
superfamily	Rhynchotrematoidea	Schuchert 1913
family	Leptocoeliidae	Boucot and Gill 1956
genus	Eocoelia	Nikiforova 1961

Scientific Name

Eocoelia Nikiforova, 1961

Name Published In

Trudy vses. nauchno-issled. Geol. Inst. 56

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eocoelia	genus	belongs to Leptocoeliidae	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974
Eocoelia	genus	belongs to Atrypida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eocoelia	genus	belongs to Leptocoeliidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

443 - 441 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

428 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Attached, epifaunal suspension feeder, attached to algae (McKerrow, 1979). BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

Taphonomy

major ribbing

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
Atrypa hemisphaerica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelospira sulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eocoelia akimiskii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Eocoelia angelini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	433 Ma Silurian	428 Ma Silurian
Eocoelia curtisi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	443 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Eocoelia hemisphaerica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		20	443 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Eocoelia sulcata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		46	443 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1961	Eocoelia Nikiforova
1974	Eocoelia Bassett and Cocks
2002	Eocoelia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Eocoelia Williams et al. p. 1081

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

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

Trudy vses. nauchno-issled. Geol. Inst. 56 - 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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