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Clitambonites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870415	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870415
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26710	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26710

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Clitambonitidae : Clitambonites

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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Billingsellida	Schuchert 1893
suborder	Clitambonitidina	Opik 1934
superfamily	Clitambonitoidea	Winchell and Schuchert 1893
family	Clitambonitidae	Winchell and Schuchert 1893
genus	Clitambonites	Agassiz 1846

Scientific Name

Clitambonites Agassiz, 1846

Name Published In

Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis: continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. [1846 edition].

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Clitambonites	genus	belongs to Clitambonitidae	stated with evidence	Raymond, 1911
Clitambonites	genus	belongs to Clitambonitinae	stated with evidence	Opik, 1934
Clitambonites	genus	belongs to Clitambonitidae	stated with evidence	Alikhova, 1953
Clitambonites	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

456 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Billingsellida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Billingsellida)

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
Clitambonites (Hemipronites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Clitambonites adscendens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Clitambonites anomala ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Clitambonites famulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clitambonites hemistriatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clitambonites maximus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Clitambonites schmidti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Clitambonites squamatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Orthisina d'Orbigny, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Clitambonitidae : *Orthisina*
Orthisonia Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Clitambonitidae : *Orthisonia*
Pronites Pander, 1830	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Clitambonitidae : *Pronites*
Prionites Fischer de Waldheim, 1834	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Clitambonitidae : *Prionites*
Hemiprionites Fischer de Waldheim, 1832	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Clitambonitidae : *Hemiprionites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Clitambonites Pander
1911	Clitambonites Raymond
1934	Clitambonites Opik
1953	Clitambonites Alikhova
2000	Clitambonites Williams et al. p. 696
2002	Clitambonites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Raymond P. E. (1911) The Brachiopoda and Ostracoda of the Chazyan, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 7, 215-259

Opik A. (1934) Über Klitamboniten, Publications of the Geological Institution of the University of Tartu 39, 1-240

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

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

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

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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