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Plectambonites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866246	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866246
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27791	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27791

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Plectambonitidae : Plectambonites

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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Plectambonitidae	Kozlowski 1929
subfamily	Plectambonitinae	Jones 1928
genus	Plectambonites	Pander 1830

Scientific Name

Plectambonites Pander, 1830

Name Published In

Beitr. Geogn. Russ. Reichs

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Plectambonites	genus	belongs to Plectambonitinae	stated with evidence	Opik, 1933
Plectambonites	genus	belongs to Rafinesquinae	stated without evidence	Phleger, 1933
Plectambonites	genus	belongs to Plectambonitinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Plectambonites	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

470 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Strophomenida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)

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
Plectambonites aequistriatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectambonites angulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Plectambonites aranea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Plectambonites clarksvillensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectambonites crassus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectambonites delicatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectambonites etheridgei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Plectambonites negritus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectambonites planissimus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Plectambonites plicatella ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Plectambonites plicatellus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Plectambonites praeteritus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Plectambonites quinquecostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Plectambonites radiata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Plectambonites radiatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Plectambonites rugosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Plectambonites schmidti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectambonites sericeus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Plectambonites subcarinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectambonites tennesseensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectambonites uncinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Plectambonites youngiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Priambonites Fischer de Waldheim, 1834	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Plectambonitidae : *Priambonites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Plectambonites Pander
1933	Plectambonites Opik
1933	Plectambonites Phleger, Jr. p. 17
2000	Plectambonites Williams et al. p. 306
2002	Plectambonites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Opik A. (1933) Über Plectamboniten, Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis, (A) 24 7, 1-79

Phleger, Jr. F. B. (1933) Notes on certain Ordovician faunas of the Inyo Mountains, California, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 32 1, 1-21

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

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

Beitr. Geogn. Russ. Reichs - 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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