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Cartorhium ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4867522	https://www.gbif.org/species/4867522
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29160	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29160

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Cartorhium

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	Spiriferida	Waagen 1883
suborder	Spiriferidina	Waagen 1883
superfamily	Spiriferoidea
family	Trigonotretidae	Schuchert 1893
subfamily	Neospiriferinae	Waterhouse 1968
genus	Cartorhium	Cooper & Grant 1976

Scientific Name

Cartorhium Cooper & Grant, 1976

Name Published In

Smithson. Contr. Paleobiol. No. 21:

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cartorhium	genus	belongs to Neospiriferinae	stated with evidence	Tazawa and Shen, 1997
Cartorhium	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cartorhium	genus	belongs to Gypospiriferinae	stated with evidence	Waterhouse, 2004
Cartorhium	genus	belongs to Neospiriferinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary (based on Spiriferida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Spiriferida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cartorhium alisangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Cartorhium chelomatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Cartorhium coristum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	280 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Cartorhium imperfectum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Cartorhium latum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	32	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Cartorhium lunwalensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	19	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Cartorhium mexicanum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Cartorhium orbiculatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Cartorhium retusum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Cartorhium rhomboidalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	299 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Cartorhium twifurcifer ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Cartorhium vidriense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Cartorhium xikouensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Cartorhium zoyei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	24	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1976	Cartorhium Cooper and Grant p. 2191
1997	Cartorhium Tazawa and Shen
2002	Cartorhium Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Cartorhium Waterhouse
2006	Cartorhium Williams et al. p. 1791

References

Cooper G. A., Grant R. E. (1976) Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21, 1923-2607

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

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

Waterhouse J. B. (2004) Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal, Earthwise 6, 1-259

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Smithson. Contr. Paleobiol. No. 21: - 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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