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Plesiothyris ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4869525https://www.gbif.org/species/4869525
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)30444https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30444
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Zeilleriidae : Plesiothyris
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
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyZeillerioideaAllan 1940
familyZeilleriidaeAllan 1940
subfamilyAulacothyrinae
genusPlesiothyrisDouvillé 1879
Scientific NamePlesiothyris Douvillé, 1879
Name Published InBull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 7
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plesiothyrisgenusbelongs to Terebratulidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Plesiothyrisgenusbelongs to Zeilleriinaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2006
Plesiothyrisgenusbelongs to Aulacothyrinaestated with evidenceBaeza-Carratalá and García Joral, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance190 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Motilitystationary (based on Zeilleriidae)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Zeilleriidae)
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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Plesiothyris verneuili ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		11190 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1985Rhomboidella Su?i?-Proti? p. 30
2002Plesiothyris Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Rhomboidella Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Plesiothyris Williams et al. p. 2171
2014Plesiothyris Baeza-Carratalá and García Joral p. 658

References

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
Baeza-Carratalá J. F., García Joral F. (2014) Crural bases position as a structural criterion for supraspecific diagnosis of Early Jurassic zeilleriid brachiopods, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59, 651-661
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
Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 7 - 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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