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Furcitella ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4866511https://www.gbif.org/species/4866511
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)27387https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27387
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Furcitella
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyStrophomenidaeKing 1846
subfamilyFurcitellinaeWilliams 1965
genusFurcitellaCooper 1956
Scientific NameFurcitella Cooper, 1956
Name Published InSmithson. Misc. Collns 127
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Furcitellagenusbelongs to Furcitellinaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Furcitellagenusbelongs to Strophomenidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Furcitellagenusbelongs to Furcitellinaestated with evidenceCocks, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance445 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitystationary (based on Strophomenida)
Visionblind (based on Strophomenata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)
Taphonomylow 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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Furcitella nodosa ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician		445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Furcitella plicata ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1461 Ma
Middle Ordovician		461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Furcitella scofieldi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		8461 Ma
Middle Ordovician		461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1956Furcitella Cooper p. 877 figs. Pl. 229D, figs. 16-26
2000Furcitella Williams et al. p. 224
2002Furcitella Sepkoski, Jr.
2010Furcitella Cocks

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Cocks L. R. (2010) Caradoc Strophomenoid and Plectambonitoid Brachiopods from Wales and the Welsh Borderland, Palaeontology 53 5, 1155-1200
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
Smithson. Misc. Collns 127 - 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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