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Plicatoria ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4869084https://www.gbif.org/species/4869084
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)30448https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30448
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebratulidae : Plicatoria
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
orderTerebratulidaWaagen 1883
suborderTerebratulidinaWaagen 1883
superfamilyTerebratuloidea
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyPlicatoriinaeCooper 1983
genusPlicatoriaCooper 1983
Scientific NamePlicatoria Cooper, 1983
Name Published InSmithsonian Contr. Paleobiol. No. 50
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plicatoriagenusbelongs to Terebratulidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Plicatoriagenusbelongs to Plicatoriinaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Terebratulidae)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Terebratulidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Embolosia sphenoidea ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Plicatoria parva ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		141.3 Ma
Eocene		41.3 Ma
Eocene
Plicatoria ventricosa ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		147.8 Ma
Eocene		47.8 Ma
Eocene
Plicatoria wilmingtonensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1848.6 Ma
Eocene		0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1983Embolosia Cooper p. 229
1983Plicatoria Cooper p. 236
2002Embolosia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Plicatoria Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Plicatoria Williams et al. p. 2057

References

Cooper G. A. (1983) The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops), Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50, 1-290
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
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
Smithsonian Contr. Paleobiol. No. 50 - 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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