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Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)96967https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=96967
Ranksubspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidae : Chonetes : Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderChonetidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyChonetoideaBronn 1862
familyChonetidaeBronn 1862
subfamilyChonetinaeBronn 1862
genusChonetesFischer de Waldheim 1830
speciesChonetes mesolobaNorwood and Pratten 1855
subspeciesMesolobus mesolobus decipiensGirty 1912
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesolobus mesolobus decipienssubspeciesbelongs to Chonetes mesolobusstated without evidenceGirty, 1912
Mesolobus mesolobus decipiensspeciesbelongs to Mesolobusstated without evidenceShimer and Shrock, 1944
Mesolobus mesolobus decipienssubspeciesbelongs to Mesolobus mesolobusstated with evidenceHoare, 1961
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance314 - 306 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance314 - 306 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilitystationary (based on Chonetidina)
Visionblind (based on Strophomenata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Chonetidina)
Taphonomyminor ribbing (based on Chonetes)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1912Chonetes mesolobus decipiens Girty p. 127
1932Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens Dunbar and Condra p. 165–167 figs. pl. 7 f. 5-7a
1944Mesolobus decipiens Shimer and Shrock
1961Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens Hoare p. 42–44 figs. pl. 2 f. 14–18

References

Girty G. H. (1912) On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21 2, 119-156
Dunbar C. O., Condra G. E. (1932) Brachiopoda of the Pennsylvanian System in Nebraska, Geological Survey of Nebraska Bulletin, Second Series 5, 1-377
Hoare R. D. (1961) Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri, Missouri University Studies 36, 1-262
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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