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Palaeostrophia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866226	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866226
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28258	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28258

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Tetralobulidae : Palaeostrophia

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	Pentamerida	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
suborder	Syntrophiidina	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
superfamily	Porambonitoidea	Davidson 1853
family	Tetralobulidae	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
subfamily	Syntrophopsinae	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
genus	Palaeostrophia	Ulrich & Cooper 1936

Scientific Name

Palaeostrophia Ulrich & Cooper, 1936

Name Published In

J. Paleont., 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palaeostrophia	genus	belongs to Pentamerida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Palaeostrophia	genus	belongs to Syntrophopsinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002
Palaeostrophia	genus	belongs to Tetralobulidae	stated without evidence	Zhan et al., 2010
Palaeostrophia	genus	belongs to Syntrophopsinae	stated with evidence	Hansen and Holmer, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

499 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

466 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Motility

stationary (based on Pentamerida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pentamerida)

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
Palaeostrophia angulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	497 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Palaeostrophia fibrillosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Palaeostrophia orthia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Palaeostrophia perilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeostrophia rotundata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeostrophia tecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	497 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Syntrophia orthia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Palaeostrophia Ulridch and Cooper
2002	Palaeostrophia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Palaeostrophia Williams et al. p. 939
2010	Palaeostrophia Zhan et al.
2011	Palaeostrophia Hansen and Holmer

References

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

Zhan R.-B., Jin J., et al (2010) Late Cambrian brachiopods from Jingxi, Guangxi Province, South China, Alcheringa 34, 99-133

Hansen J., Holmer L. E. (2011) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Ordovician brachiopods from northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen, Zootaxa 3076, 1-122

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

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

J. Paleont., 10 - 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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