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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29415	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29415

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Martiniidae : Martinia

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	Spiriferida	Waagen 1883
suborder	Spiriferidina	Waagen 1883
superfamily	Martinioidea	Waagen 1883
family	Martiniidae	Waagen 1883
subfamily	Martiniinae	Waagen 1883
genus	Martinia	M'Coy 1844

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Martinia	subgenus	belongs to Spirifer	stated with evidence	Schellwien, 1900
Martinia	genus	belongs to Martiniinae	stated with evidence	Tazawa and Shen, 1997
Martinia	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Martinia	genus	belongs to Martiniinae	stated without evidence	Shen et al., 2003
Martinia	genus	belongs to Martiniinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

409 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Spiriferida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Spiriferida)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Martinia abrupta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia acuminata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia acutirostris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia acutomarginalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia acutomarginiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia adentata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Martinia affinis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia angulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia anorbicularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Martinia applanata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia attenuatelloides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia avicula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Martinia aviformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia baiyanhuaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia bassa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Martinia berthiaumei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Martinia bisinuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia bittneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia buriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia camengensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Martinia carinthiaca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia causaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Martinia ceres ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia circularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia contracta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	24	339 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Martinia corculum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	323 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Martinia cornelia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia cruenta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Martinia debosensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia decora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	336 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Martinia distefanoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	279 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia distorta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia elongata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	30	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia exigua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Martinia frechi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Martinia fucina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Martinia fulingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Martinia gemmellaroi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia glabra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	24	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia grandis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia hengshanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia hunanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia incerta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia karawanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia kraffti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia lamellosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia lata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	265 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia latilinguiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia latisulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	299 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Martinia lengwuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Martinia liuqiaoiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	12	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia lopingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia manchuriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	299 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Martinia martinezi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	269 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia miranda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Martinia mongolica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia nealranchensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Martinia nipponica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Martinia nucula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	307 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Martinia orbicularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	28	290 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Martinia osborni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Martinia parvula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia pentagonalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	345 Ma Carboniferous	252 Ma Permian
Martinia periquadrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia polymorpha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia pusilla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia qinlingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia radiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia rectangularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia renfroae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Martinia rhomboidalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	63	296 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Martinia rhomboidalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia rostrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia rupicola ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia semiplana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	49	304 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Martinia semiramis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia sinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia sinuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Martinia spissa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia subapplanata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Martinia subrhomboidalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia subtriquetra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Martinia subumbona ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Martinia timanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	304 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Martinia tongmuqiaoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Martinia triquetra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	296 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Martinia umbonata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia undatifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Martinia variabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Martinia velebitica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Martinia warthi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	60	299 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Martinia wolfcampensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	304 Ma Carboniferous	272 Ma Permian
Martinia zhexiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Martinia ziyunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Spirifer (Martinia) macilentus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	296 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1844	Martinia M'Coy
1900	Spirifer (Martinia) Schellwien p. 86
1928	Pseudomartinia Leidhold
1997	Martinia Tazawa and Shen
2002	Martinia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Martinia Shen et al. p. 246
2006	Martinia Williams et al. p. 1748

References

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

Schellwien E. Die Fauna der Trogkofelschichten in den Karnischen Alpen und den Karawanken I. Theil: die Brachiopoden, Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 16, 1-122

Tazawa J., Shen S. Z. (1997) Middle Permian brachiopods from Hiyomo, Mino Belt, central Japan: their provincial relationships with North America, Science Reports, Niigata University, Series E 12, 1-17

Shen S. Z., Shi G. R., et al (2003) A Wuchiapingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from an exotic block in the Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone, southern Tibet, and its palaeobiogeographical and tectonic implications, Palaeontology 46 2, 225-256

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320

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