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Trigonotreta ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4868052	https://www.gbif.org/species/4868052
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29708	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29708

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Trigonotreta

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	Trigonotretinae	Schuchert 1893
genus	Trigonotreta	König 1825

Scientific Name

Trigonotreta König, 1825

Name Published In

Icones Foss.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Trigonotreta	subgenus	belongs to Spirifer	stated without evidence	Meek, 1877
Trigonotreta	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Trigonotreta	genus	belongs to Trigonotretini	stated with evidence	Waterhouse, 2004
Trigonotreta	genus	belongs to Trigonotretinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

347 - 331 Ma
Carboniferous

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)

C. D. E. Koenig. 1825. Icones Fossilium Sectiles, Centuria Prima

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Trigonotreta alatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trigonotreta australis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta cracovensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta dickinsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta guizhouensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Trigonotreta hobartensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta larghii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Trigonotreta lightjacki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta lyonsensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	299 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta neoaustralis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	296 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta occidentalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta orientensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	299 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta paucicostulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	347 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta semicircularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta stokesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	296 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta stokesii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Trigonotreta victoriae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Trigonetra Keferstein, 1829	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : *Trigonetra*
Trigonotetra Deslongchamps, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : *Trigonotetra*
Grantonia	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : *Grantonia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Trigonotreta Koenig p. 3
1877	Spirifer (Trigonotreta) Meek p. 90
1953	Grantonia Brown
2002	Grantonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Trigonotreta Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Grantonia Waterhouse
2004	Trigonotreta Waterhouse
2006	Trigonotreta Williams et al. p. 1801

References

Koenig C. D. E. , Icones Fossilium Sectiles, Centuria Prima, 1-4

Meek F. B. Part I. Palaeontology, Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4, 1-197

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

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

Icones Foss. - 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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