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Glyptorthis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870361	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870361
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26792	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26792

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Glyptorthidae : Glyptorthis

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	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Orthidina	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamily	Orthoidea	Woodward 1852
family	Glyptorthidae	(Schuchert and Cooper 1931)
genus	Glyptorthis	Foerste 1912

Scientific Name

Glyptorthis Foerste, 1912

Name Published In

Bull. Denison Univ., J. Sci. Lab., 17

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Glyptorthis	subgenus	belongs to Hebertella	stated without evidence	Ladd, 1929
Glyptorthis	subgenus	belongs to Orthis	stated without evidence	Cowper Reed, 1945
Glyptorthis	genus	belongs to Glyptorthinae	stated with evidence	Rõõmusoks, 1964
Glyptorthis	genus	belongs to Glyptorthinae	stated without evidence	Howe, 1988
Glyptorthis	genus	belongs to Glyptorthidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Glyptorthis	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Glyptorthis	genus	belongs to Glyptorthidae	stated with evidence	Zuykov and Butts, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

428 - 426 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Orthida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Orthida)

Taphonomy

low 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

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Glyptorthis alta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis assimilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis balclatchiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis balcletchiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Glyptorthis bellarugosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		71	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis bellatula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis costellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis crenulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis crispa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis crispata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	458 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis daytonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Glyptorthis equiconvexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis fausta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	441 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Glyptorthis glaseri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis glypta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis imbrex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Glyptorthis insculpta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		71	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis irregularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis irrupta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	443 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Glyptorthis maquoketensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis marilara ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	441 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Glyptorthis maritima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis multicostellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis obesa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis plana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis pulchra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis rara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glyptorthis sarcina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis senecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis splendens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis squamata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Glyptorthis subcarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glyptorthis subcircularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis sublamellosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glyptorthis sulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis transversa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glyptorthis uncinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis uniformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptorthis uniplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glyptorthis vidari ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	443 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Orthis insculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1914	Glyptorthis Foerste
1929	Hebertella (Glyptorthis) Ladd
1945	Orthis (Glyptorthis) Cowper Reed
1964	Glyptorthis Rõõmusoks
1964	Glyptorthis Wright
1977	Glyptorthis Mitchell
1988	Glyptorthis Howe p. 209

Year	Name and Author
1990	Glyptorthis Potter
2000	Glyptorthis Williams et al. p. 733
2002	Glyptorthis Sepkoski, Jr.
2008	Glyptorthis Zuykov and Butts
2011	Glyptorthis Rubel
2014	Glyptorthis Wright and Stigall pp. 894 - 895
2017	Glyptorthis Liljeroth et al.

References

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

Ladd H. S. (1929) The stratigraphy and paleontology of the Maquoketa shale of Iowa, Annual Report of the State Geologist 34, 305-448

Cowper Reed F. R. (1945) Notes on some Ordovician brachiopods and a trilobite from the Balclatchie Beds of Girvan, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology, 11th serie 12 89, 309-316

Rõõmusoks A. (1964) Some Brachiopods from Ordovician Estonia (Nekotorye Brachiopody iz Ordovika Estonii), Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimetised, 1-28

Wright A. D. (1964) The Fauna of the Potrane Limestone, II, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 9 6, 157-256

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

Howe H. J. (1988) Articulate brachiopods from the Richmondian of Tennessee, Journal of Paleontology 62 2, 204-218

Potter A. W. (1990) Middle and Late Ordovician brachiopods from the eastern Klamath Mountains, northern California, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212 1-6, 31-158

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Zuykov M. A., Butts S. H. (2008) Glyptorthis (Forste, 1914) and Bassettella New Genus (Brachiopoda: Orthida) from the Late Ordovician of the East Baltic, Journal of Paleontology 82 1, 197-200

Rubel M. (2011) Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia, Fossilia Baltica 4, 1-65

Wright D. F., Stigall A. L. (2014) Species-level phylogenetic revision of the Ordovician orthide brachiopod Glyptorthis from North America, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 8, 893-906 doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.839584

Liljeroth M., Harper D. A. T., et al (2017) Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane, Fossils and Strata 62, 1-164 doi:10.111/let.12205

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. Denison Univ., J. Sci. Lab., 17 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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