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Cupularostrum ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865423	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865423
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28474	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28474

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Trigonirhynchiidae : Cupularostrum

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	Trigonirhynchiidae	McLaren 1965
subfamily	Trigonirhynchiinae	Schmidt 1965
genus	Cupularostrum	Sartenaer 1961

Scientific Name

Cupularostrum Sartenaer, 1961

Name Published In

Bull. Inst. r. Sci. Nat. Belg. 37 no. 25

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cupularostrum	genus	belongs to Trigonirhynchiinae	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Cupularostrum	genus	belongs to Rhynchonellida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cupularostrum	genus	belongs to Trigonirhynchiinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

359 - 347 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Trigonirhynchiidae)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Trigonirhynchiidae)

Taphonomy

low 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cupularostrum congregata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cupularostrum eximia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		72	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Cupularostrum macrocosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cupularostrum orbicularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cupularostrum recticostatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cupularostrum stevensoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1961	Cupularostrum Sartenaer
1997	Cupularostrum Jin and Chatterton
2002	Cupularostrum Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Cupularostrum Williams et al. p. 1056

References

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

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

Bull. Inst. r. Sci. Nat. Belg. 37 no. 25 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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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