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Eolyttonia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4867123	https://www.gbif.org/species/4867123
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27350	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27350

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Lyttoniidae : Eolyttonia

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	Lyttoniidina	Williams et al. 2000
superfamily	Lyttonioidea	Waagen 1883
family	Lyttoniidae	Waagen 1883
subfamily	Lyttoniinae	Waagen 1883
genus	Eolyttonia	Fredericks 1924

Scientific Name

Eolyttonia Fredericks, 1924

Name Published In

Rec. Geol. Com. Russ. Far East, 28, 25 (also as Eoluttonia).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eolyttonia	genus	belongs to Lyttoniinae	stated with evidence	Tazawa and Shen, 1997
Eolyttonia	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Lyttoniidina)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Lyttoniidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Lyttoniidina)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eolyttonia carnica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eolyttonia catilla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Eolyttonia chaotica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	17	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia circularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia cornucopia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia diabloensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia fredericksi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	22	299 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia gigantea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia mira ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia parviconica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia phialiforma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Eolyttonia pocillata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Eolyttonia progressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Eolyttonia nakazawai Shimizu, 1961	GBIF	species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Lyttoniidae : Eolyttonia : *Eolyttonia nakazawai*
Uralina Schuchert & Le Vene, 1929	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Lyttoniidae : *Uralina*
Eoluttonia Fredericks, 1924	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Lyttoniidae : *Eoluttonia*
Uralia Licharew, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Lyttoniidae : *Uralia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1924	Eolyttonia Frederiks
1961	Eolyttonia nakazawai Shimizu p. 330 figs. Pl 15, fig 22
1975	Eolyttonia nakazawai Tazawa p. 637 figs. Pl 3, figs 7-11
1980	Paraleptodus Lee and Gu
1997	Eolyttonia Tazawa and Shen
2000	Eolyttonia Williams et al. p. 634
2002	Eolyttonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Paraleptodus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Shimizu D. (1961) Brachiopod fossils from the Permian Maizuru Group, Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto, Series B 27, 309-351

Tazawa J. (1975) Uppermost Permian fossils from the southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 81, 629-640

Lee L., Gu F. (1980) Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda, Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1, 327-428

Tazawa J., Shen S. Z. (1997) Middle Permian brachiopods from Hiyomo, Mino Belt, central Japan: their provincial relationships with North America, Science Reports, Niigata University, Series E 12, 1-17

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

Rec. Geol. Com. Russ. Far East, 28, 25 (also as Eoluttonia). - 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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