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Actinoconchus ✝

Description

Actinoconchus is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Carboniferous to the Late Permian in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinoconchus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4867718https://www.gbif.org/species/4867718
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)29048https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29048
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Actinoconchus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilyAthyridinaeM'Coy 1844
genusActinoconchusM'Coy 1844
Scientific NameActinoconchus M'Coy, 1844
Name Published InSyn. Carb. Lst. Foss. Ireland
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Actinoconchussubgenusbelongs to Athyrisstated with evidenceTschernyschew, 1902
Actinoconchusgenusbelongs to Athyridinaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Actinoconchusgenusbelongs to Spiriferidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance376 - 371 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Motilitystationary (based on Athyrididina)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)
Taphonomylow 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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinoconchus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Actinoconchus lamellosus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		8359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian		336 Ma
Carboniferous
Actinoconchus planosulcatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		10347 Ma
Carboniferous		260 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1902Athyris (Actinoconchus) Tschernyschew p. 105
2002Actinoconchus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Actinoconchus Williams et al. p. 1498

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Tschernyschew T. N. (1902) Verkhnekamennougol'nyya Brakhiopody Urala i Timana [Upper Carboniferous Brachiopods of the Urals and Timan], Trudy Geologicheskago Komiteta 16 2, 1-749
Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
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 (authority adjusted) - 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
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Syn. Carb. Lst. Foss. Ireland - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
in Griffith, Not. Foss. Mtn. Lst. Ireland - 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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