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Aphelesiinae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)126097https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=126097
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Aphelesiinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidaeCooper 1959
subfamilyAphelesiinaeCooper 1959
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aphelesiinaesubfamilybelongs to Basiliolidaestated with evidenceCooper, 1959
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)15
First Recorded Appearance86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance1.81 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Motilitystationary (based on Rhynchonellida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. A. Cooper. 1959. Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130(5):1-90

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aphelesia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4120.4 Ma
Miocene
1.81 Ma
Pleistocene
Homaletarhynchia
genus
listed (PBDB)3686.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phapsirhynchia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1959Aphelesiinae Cooper p. 15
2001Aphelesiinae Bitner and Martinell p. 179
2002Aphelesiinae Williams et al. p. 1210

References

Cooper G. A. (1959) Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130 5, 1-90
Bitner M. A., Martinell J. (2001) Pliocene brachiopods from the Estepona area (Málaga, South Spain), Revista Española de Paleontología 16 2, 177-185
Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
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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