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Rugosochonetes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866670	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866670
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27902	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27902

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Rugosochonetes

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	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Chonetidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Chonetoidea	Bronn 1862
family	Rugosochonetidae	Muir-Wood 1962
subfamily	Rugosochonetinae	Muir-Wood 1962
genus	Rugosochonetes	Sokolskaya 1950

Scientific Name

Rugosochonetes Sokolskaya, 1950

Name Published In

Trud. paleont. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 27

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rugosochonetes	genus	belongs to Rugosochonetinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Rugosochonetes	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

372 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

306 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

stationary (based on Chonetidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Chonetidina)

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
Nix angulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Rugosochonetes angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rugosochonetes burlingtonensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Rugosochonetes californicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	326 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Rugosochonetes delicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rugosochonetes hardensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rugosochonetes hindi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rugosochonetes kansuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	347 Ma Carboniferous	347 Ma Carboniferous
Rugosochonetes silleesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rugosochonetes transversalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1962	Nix Easton pp. 45-46 figs. Plate 5, Figs, 14-20
2000	Rugosochonetes Williams et al. p. 405
2002	Nix Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Rugosochonetes Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Easton W. H. (1962) Carboniferous formations and faunas of central Montana, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 348, 1-126

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

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

Trud. paleont. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 27 - 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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