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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7616428	https://www.gbif.org/species/7616428
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28056	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28056

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Linoproductidae : Terrakea

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	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Productidina	Waagen 1883
superfamily	Linoproductoidea	Stehli 1954
family	Linoproductidae	Stehli 1954
subfamily	Paucispinauriinae	Waterhouse 1986
genus	Terrakea	Booker 1930

Scientific Name

Terrakea Booker, 1930

Name Published In

J. Proc. roy. Soc. N.S.W., 64: 66

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Terrakea	genus	belongs to Grandaurispininae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Terrakea	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary (based on Productidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Productidina)

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
Saetosina multispinosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		63	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Terrakea arctica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Terrakea arguta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Terrakea borealis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Terrakea brachythaera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	296 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Terrakea dickinsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Terrakea echinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Terrakea elongata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		55	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Terrakea etheridgei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Terrakea exmoorensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Terrakea grandis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Terrakea hemisphaeroidalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Terrakea japonica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Terrakea korkodonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Terrakea minima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Terrakea multispinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terrakea nabekoshiyamensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Terrakea nalivkini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Terrakea pollex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		89	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Terrakea quadrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Terrakea rylstonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Terrakea vernacula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Terrakea yanagidai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1929	Terrakea Booker
1986	Saetosina Waterhouse p. 3
2000	Terrakea Williams et al. p. 533
2002	Saetosina Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Terrakea Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Waterhouse J. B. (1986) New late Palaeozoic invertebrate taxa, Bulletin of the Indian Geologists' Association 19 1, 1-8

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

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

J. R. Soc. N. S. Wales, 64 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 486 Validation under the Plenary Powers as from Morris (1845) of the specific name brachythaerus, as published in the combination Productus brachythaerus and designation under the same Powers of the species so named to be the type species of the genus Terrakea Booker, 1930 (class Brachiopoda).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 17(8), 105-118 (1957) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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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