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Cyrtiinae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)127234https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=127234
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Cyrtiidae : Cyrtiinae
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
orderSpiriferidaWaagen 1883
suborderSpiriferidinaWaagen 1883
superfamilyCyrtioideaFrederiks 1924
familyCyrtiidaeFrederiks 1924
subfamilyCyrtiinaeFrederiks 1924
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cyrtiinaesubfamilybelongs to Cyrtiidaestated without evidenceBassett and Cocks, 1974
Cyrtiinaesubfamilybelongs to Cyrtiidaestated with evidenceJin and Chatterton, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance443 - 439 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance393 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilitystationary (based on Spiriferida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Spiriferida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and SJ Carlson, PG Baker, JL Carter, GB Curry, AS Dagys, R. Gourvennec, HF Hou, YG Jin, JG Johnson, DE Lee, DI MacKinnon, PR Racheboeuf, TN Smirnova, DL Sun. 2006. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5:1689-2320

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cyrtia ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
177443 Ma
Silurian
393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Dongbeiispirifer ✝
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Plicocyrtia ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
11439 Ma
Silurian
431 Ma
Silurian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1924Cyrtiinae Frederiks
1974Cyrtiinae Bassett and Cocks
1997Cyrtiinae Jin and Chatterton
2006Cyrtiinae Williams et al. p. 1695

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320
Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56
Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62
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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