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Whitfieldella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870195	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870195
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29741	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29741

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Meristellidae : Whitfieldella

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	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Athyrididina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Meristelloidea	Waagen 1883
family	Meristellidae	Waagen 1883
subfamily	Whitfieldellinae	Alvarez et al. 1998
genus	Whitfieldella	Hall & Clarke 1894

Scientific Name

Whitfieldella Hall & Clarke, 1894

Name Published In

Palaeont. N. York, 8 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Whitfieldella	genus	belongs to Hindellinae	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974
Whitfieldella	genus	belongs to Hyattidininae	stated with evidence	Sheehan, 1977
Whitfieldella	genus	belongs to Hindellinae	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Whitfieldella	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Whitfieldella	genus	belongs to Whitfieldellinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Attached, epifaunal suspension feeder, attached to brachiopod shells (McKerrow, 1979). BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2002).

Taphonomy

minor folds

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

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Whitfieldella billingsana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Whitfieldella circularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Whitfieldella erecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Whitfieldella marylandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Whitfieldella minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Whitfieldella nitida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		48	443 Ma Silurian	428 Ma Silurian
Whitfieldella northumberlandensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Whitfieldella pygmaea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Whitfieldella quadrangularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Whitfieldella subovata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Whitfieldella subquadrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Whitfieldella sulcatina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	443 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Whitfieldella Hall and Clarke
1974	Whitfieldella Bassett and Cocks
1977	Whitfieldella Sheehan
1997	Whitfieldella Jin and Chatterton
2002	Whitfieldella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Whitfieldella Williams et al. p. 1566

References

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

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

Sheehan P. (1977) Late Ordovician and Earliest Silurian Meristellid Brachiopods in Scandinavia, Journal of Paleontology 51 1, 23-43

Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

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

Palaeont. N. York, 8 (2) - 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

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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