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Rhynchonelloidea ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865271	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865271
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28858	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28858

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae : Rhynchonelloidea

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	Rhynchonelloidea	d'Orbigny 1847
family	Rhynchonellidae	Gray 1848
subfamily	Rhynchonellinae	Gray 1848
genus	Rhynchonelloidea	Buckman 1917

Scientific Name

Rhynchonelloidea Buckman, 1917

Name Published In

Pal. Indica, 3 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhynchonelloidea	genus	belongs to Rhynchonellida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Rhynchonelloidea	genus	belongs to Rhynchonellinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

427 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Motility

stationary (based on Rhynchonellida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Rhynchonelloidea (Aalenirhynchia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidea angulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	176 Ma Early Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidea curvivarians ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rhynchonelloidea cynica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	197 Ma Early Jurassic	180 Ma Early Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidea formalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	176 Ma Early Jurassic	176 Ma Early Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidea goyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	180 Ma Early Jurassic	176 Ma Early Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidea lineata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	201 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidea ruthenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	180 Ma Early Jurassic	176 Ma Early Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidea subangulata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	176 Ma Early Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidea subangulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhynchonelloidea subdecorata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhynchonelloidea varians ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rhynchonelloidea walkeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1917	Rhynchonelloidea Buckman p. 38
2002	Rhynchonelloidea Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Rhynchonelloidea Williams et al. p. 1283

References

Buckman S. S. (1917) The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma, Palaeontologia Indica 3 2, 1-254

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

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

Pal. Indica, 3 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gen. Jurass. 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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