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Megamyonia ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866877	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866877
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27635	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27635

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Megamyonia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Megamyonia

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	Strophomenoidea	King 1846
family	Strophomenidae	King 1846
subfamily	Furcitellinae	Williams 1965
genus	Megamyonia	Wang 1949

Scientific Name

Megamyonia Wang, 1949

Name Published In

Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer., 42

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Megamyonia	genus	belongs to Strophomenidae	stated without evidence	Macomber, 1970
Megamyonia	genus	belongs to Rafinesquininae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Megamyonia	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Megamyonia	genus	belongs to Furcitellinae	stated with evidence	Congreve et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

423 - 392 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

minor 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
Megamyonia arethusa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		46	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	423 Ma Silurian
Megamyonia breviuscula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Megamyonia gracilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Megamyonia knighti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Megamyonia manikini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megamyonia mankini ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Megamyonia nitens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		48	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Megamyonia unicostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Megamyonia vaurealensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rafinesquina breviusculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1949	Megamyonia Wang pp. 32-33 figs. Pl. 9, figs. 1-5
1970	Megamyonia Macomber p. 442
2000	Megamyonia Williams et al. p. 241
2002	Megamyonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2019	Megamyonia Congreve et al. p. 273

References

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

Macomber R. W. (1970) Articulate Brachiopods from the Upper Bighorn Formation (Late Ordovician) of Wyoming, Journal of Paleontology 44 3, 416-450

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

Congreve C. R., Krug A. Z., et al (2019) Evolutionary and biogeographical shifts in response to the Late Ordovician mass extinction, Palaeontology 62 2, 267-285 doi:doi:10.1111/pala.12397

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

Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer., 42 - 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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