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Nicolella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870379	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870379
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26874	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26874

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Productorthidae : Nicolella

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	Productorthidae	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
subfamily	Productorthinae	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
genus	Nicolella	Reed 1917

Scientific Name

Nicolella Reed, 1917

Name Published In

Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 51

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nicolella	genus	belongs to Orthidae	stated with evidence	Alikhova, 1953
Nicolella	genus	belongs to Productorthinae	stated with evidence	Wright, 1964
Nicolella	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

472 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

445 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic

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)

F. R. C. Reed. 1917. The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51(4):795-998

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Nicolella actoniae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Nicolella agilera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nicolella alliku ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Nicolella angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nicolella crabbi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Nicolella oswaldi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		41	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Nicolella patens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Nicolella pterygoidea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		22	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Nicolella salme species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nicolella strasburgensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Nicolella sylvatica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Orthis sylvatica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Productus pterygoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1917	Nicolella Reed
1953	Nicolella Alikhova
1956	Nicolella Oraspold
1959	Nicolella Oraspold
1961	Nicolella Rubel
1964	Nicolella Wright
1977	Nicolella Mitchell
2000	Nicolella Williams et al. p. 752
2002	Nicolella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Reed F. R. C. (1917) The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51 4, 795-998 doi:10.1017/S0080456800011959

Alikhova T. N. (1953) Rukovodyashchaya fauna brakhiopod ordovikskikh otlozhenij severo-sapadnoy chasti russkoj platformy, Trudy Vsesoyusnogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Geologicheskogo Instituta (VSEBEI) Ministerstva Geologichestii i Okhrany NEDR, 1-127

Oraspold A. L. (1956) New brachiopods from the Jõhvi, Keila and Vasalemma stages, Trudy Instituta geologii AN ESSR 1, 41-67

Oraspold A. (1959) Einige Vertreter der Superfamilie Orthacea des Oberordoviziums Estlands, Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimetised 75, 50-85

Rubel M. (1961) Brakhiopody nadsemejstv Orthacea, Dalmanellacea i Syntrophiacea iz nizhnego ordovika Pribaltiki [Lower Ordovician brachiopods of the superfamilies Orthacea, Dalmanellacea and Syntrophiacea of the Eastern Baltic], Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused 6, 141-224

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

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

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 51 - 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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