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Porambonites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4867403	https://www.gbif.org/species/4867403
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28278	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28278

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Porambonitidae : Porambonites

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	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Pentamerida	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
suborder	Syntrophiidina	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
superfamily	Syntrophioidea	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
family	Porambonitidae	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
genus	Porambonites	Pander 1830

Scientific Name

Porambonites Pander, 1830

Name Published In

Beitr. Geogn. Russ. Reichs

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Porambonites	genus	belongs to Porambonitidae	stated with evidence	Spjeldnaes, 1957
Porambonites	genus	belongs to Pentamerida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Porambonites	genus	belongs to Porambonitidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Pentamerida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pentamerida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

Taphonomy

minor folds

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
Porambonites (Equirostra) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Porambonites (Isorhynchus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Porambonites (Noetlingia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Porambonites (Porambonites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		6	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Porambonites acutiplicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Porambonites canadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porambonites gigas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porambonites intermedius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Porambonites kuckersensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porambonites obscurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porambonites reticulata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Porambonites trigonus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Porambonites umbonatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porambonites wahli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Noetlingia Hall & Clarke, 1894	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Porambonitidae : *Noetlingia*
Isorhynchus King, 1850	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Porambonitidae : *Isorhynchus*
Equirostra Cooper & Muir-Wood, 1951	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Porambonitidae : *Equirostra*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Porambonites Pander
1957	Porambonites Spjeldnaes
2002	Porambonites Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Porambonites Williams et al. p. 947
2005	Porambonites Popov et al.

References

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

Spjeldnaes N. (1957) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway 9. Brachiopods of the family Porambonitidae, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 215-228

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Popov L. E., Egerquist E. V. A., et al (2005) Ordovician (Arenig-Caradoc) syntrophiidine brachiopods from the east Baltic region, Palaeontology 48 4, 739-761 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00487.x

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

Beitr. Geogn. Russ. Reichs - 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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