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Ptychoglyptus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866709	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866709
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27851	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27851

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Ptychoglyptus

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	Sowerbyellidae	Opik 1930
subfamily	Ptychoglyptinae	Cooper 1956
genus	Ptychoglyptus	Willard 1928

Scientific Name

Ptychoglyptus Willard, 1928

Name Published In

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 68 (6)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ptychoglyptus	genus	belongs to Ptychoglyptinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Ptychoglyptus	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ptychoglyptus	genus	belongs to Ptychoglyptinae	stated with evidence	Cocks, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

466 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 433 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Strophomenida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).

Taphonomy

major ribbing

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
Ptychoglyptus alaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ptychoglyptus bellarugosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoglyptus ingenuus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychoglyptus irregularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychoglyptus kindlei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoglyptus matura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoglyptus pauciradiatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ptychoglyptus ulrichi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoglyptus virginensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ptychoglyptus virginiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1928	Ptychoglyptus Willard
2000	Ptychoglyptus Williams et al. p. 347
2002	Ptychoglyptus Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Ptychoglyptus Cocks p. 277
2010	Ptychoglyptus 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.M. (2005) Strophomenate Brachiopods from the late Ordovician Boda Limestone of Sweden: their systematics and implications for palaeogeography, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3, 243-282

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

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 68 (6) - 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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