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Piarorhynchia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865718	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865718
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28788	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28788

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae : Piarorhynchia

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	Piarorhynchiinae	Shi and Grant 1993
genus	Piarorhynchia	Buckman 1914

Scientific Name

Piarorhynchia Buckman, 1914

Name Published In

Gen. Jurass. Brachiop.

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

182 - 176 Ma
Early 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
Piarorhynchia angustiplicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Piarorhynchia belemnitica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Piarorhynchia caroli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	201 Ma Early Jurassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Piarorhynchia deffneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Piarorhynchia diva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Piarorhynchia formalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Piarorhynchia hamiltonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Piarorhynchia howardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	237 Ma Middle Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Piarorhynchia juvenis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	182 Ma Early Jurassic
Piarorhynchia ochotica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Piarorhynchia priborgavica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Piarorhynchia radstockiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	199 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Piarorhynchia rostellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Piarorhynchia thalia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	191 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Piarorhynchia viligensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Piarorhynchia winnemae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Tropiorhynchia Buckman, 1914	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae : *Tropiorhynchia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1917	Piarorhynchia Buckman p. 34
2002	Piarorhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Piarorhynchia Williams et al. p. 1285

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

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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