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Terebratalia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2252848	https://www.gbif.org/species/2252848
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	30580	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30580

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : Terebratalia

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	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Terebratulida	Waagen 1883
suborder	Terebratellidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Laqueoidea	Thomson 1927
family	Terebrataliidae	Richardson 1975
subfamily	Terebrataliinae	Richardson 1975
genus	Terebratalia	Beecher 1893

Scientific Name

Terebratalia Beecher, 1893

Name Published In

Beecher, C. E. (1893). Revision of the families of loopbearing Brachiopoda. The development of Terebratalia obsoleta Dall. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Transactions. 9(2):376–399, 3 pl.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Terebratalia	genus	belongs to Terebratellidae	stated without evidence	Clark and Arnold, 1923
Terebratalia	genus	belongs to Laqueidae	stated with evidence	Squires, 2001
Terebratalia	genus	belongs to Terebratulida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Terebratalia	genus	belongs to Terebrataliinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (58%)

First Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Terebrataliidae)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Terebrataliidae)

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
Terebratalia (Pacifithyris) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Terebratalia (Tisimania) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Terebratalia asanoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	1.81 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Terebratalia batequia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Terebratalia bialata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	1.81 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Terebratalia caurina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratalia coreanica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Terebratalia gouldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratalia gouldii species	listed (PBDB)		10	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Terebratalia hayasakai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Terebratalia hemphilli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratalia innaiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Terebratalia kennedyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratalia lata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratalia minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratalia occidentalis species	listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Terebratalia pacifica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Terebratalia perrini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratalia radiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Terebratalia sendaica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Terebratalia tenuis species	listed (PBDB)		8	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Terebratalia tisimana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratalia transversa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Terebratalia xanthica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebratula tenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Terebratalia Beecher
1923	Terebratalia Clark and Arnold p. 176
2001	Terebratalia Squires p. 8
2002	Terebratalia Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Terebratalia Williams et al. p. 2211

References

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

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Squires R. L. (2001) Additions to the Eocene megafossil fauna of the Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, southern California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 489, 1-40

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

CoL2006 - 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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Foster, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., [?9], [?377]. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Dall, William Healey, 1920: Annotated list of the recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Vol. 57, No. 2314. 261-377. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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