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Ptychopleurella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865234	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865234
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26963	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26963

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Hesperorthidae : Ptychopleurella

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	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Orthidina	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamily	Orthoidea	Woodward 1852
family	Hesperorthidae	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
genus	Ptychopleurella	Schuchert & Cooper 1931

Scientific Name

Ptychopleurella Schuchert & Cooper, 1931

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., 22

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ptychopleurella	genus	belongs to Glyptorthinae	stated with evidence	Rõõmusoks, 1964
Ptychopleurella	genus	belongs to Glyptorthinae	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974
Ptychopleurella	genus	belongs to Glyptorthinae	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Ptychopleurella	genus	belongs to Glyptorthinae	stated without evidence	Potter, 1990
Ptychopleurella	genus	belongs to Dolerorthinae	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Ptychopleurella	genus	belongs to Hesperorthidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

472 - 461 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

409 - 392 Ma
Devonian

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 folds, 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
Orthis lapworthi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychopleurella aleksandrovae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychopleurella angulaticostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Ptychopleurella arthuri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychopleurella bouchardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	433 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Ptychopleurella cymbella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychopleurella decretoria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychopleurella emarginata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychopleurella erecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Ptychopleurella globularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychopleurella glypta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychopleurella kleinhamplei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Ptychopleurella lamellosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	433 Ma Silurian
Ptychopleurella lapworthi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychopleurella lenzi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	433 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Ptychopleurella mediocostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychopleurella micula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychopleurella multicostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Ptychopleurella oklahomensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ptychopleurella pirguensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychopleurella porcia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ptychopleurella rectangulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ptychopleurella separata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychopleurella sulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychopleurella transversa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	443 Ma Silurian	428 Ma Silurian
Ptychopleurella twenhofeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychopleurella uniplicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1931	Ptychopleurella Schuchert and Cooper
1964	Ptychopleurella Rõõmusoks
1964	Ptychopleurella Wright
1974	Ptychopleurella Bassett and Cocks
1977	Ptychopleurella Mitchell
1982	Ptychopleurella Wright
1990	Ptychopleurella Potter
1997	Ptychopleurella Jin and Chatterton
2000	Ptychopleurella Williams et al. p. 740
2011	Ptychopleurella Rubel

References

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

Rõõmusoks A. (1964) Some Brachiopods from Ordovician Estonia (Nekotorye Brachiopody iz Ordovika Estonii), Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimetised, 1-28

Wright A. D. (1964) The Fauna of the Potrane Limestone, II, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 9 6, 157-256

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

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

Wright A. D. (1982) A New Species of Ptychopleurella (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Ordovician Boda Limestone of Dalarna, Sweden, Journal of Paleontology 56 2, 351-357

Potter A. W. (1990) Middle and Late Ordovician brachiopods from the eastern Klamath Mountains, northern California, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212 1-6, 31-158

Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62

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

Rubel M. (2011) Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia, Fossilia Baltica 4, 1-65

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., 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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