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Eoorthis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870436	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870436
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26758	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26758

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Eoorthidae : Eoorthis

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	Plectorthoidea	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
family	Eoorthidae	Walcott 1908
genus	Eoorthis	Walcott 1908

Scientific Name

Eoorthis Walcott, 1908

Name Published In

Smithson. Misc. Coll., 53, fasc. 3

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eoorthis	genus	belongs to Billingsellidae	stated with evidence	Henningsmoen, 1958
Eoorthis	genus	belongs to Eoorthidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Eoorthis	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

501 - 499 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

466 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Orthida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Orthida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

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
Eoorthis agreste species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis baddeleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis bayfieldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis bellicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis bigsbyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis desmopleura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis diablo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis doris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis edwardsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis fascigera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis hastingsensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis indianola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis iophon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis kayseri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis kichouensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis linecosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis millardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis newberryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis nympha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis ochus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis pagoda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis papias species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis putilliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis remnicha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Eoorthis tatoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis thyone species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis tullbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis vicina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis wichitaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis wimani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoorthis zeno species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1908	Eoorthis Walcott
1958	Eoorthis Henningsmoen
2000	Eoorthis Williams et al. p. 766
2002	Eoorthis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Henningsmoen G. (1958) The Upper Cambrian faunas of Norway\r\nWith Descriptions of Non-Olenid Invertebrate Fossils, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 180-194

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

Smithson. Misc. Coll., 53, fasc. 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Walcott, 1908 - 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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