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Meristellidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3251975	https://www.gbif.org/species/3251975
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	121188	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=121188

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Meristellidae

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	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Athyrididina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Meristelloidea	Waagen 1883
family	Meristellidae	Waagen 1883

Scientific Name

Meristellidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Meristellidae	family	belongs to Athyridacea	stated without evidence	Boucot and Johnson, 1964
Meristellidae	family	belongs to Athyridacea	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Meristellidae	family	belongs to Athyroidea	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Meristellidae	family	belongs to Athyrididina	stated without evidence	Popov et al., 2002
Meristellidae	family	belongs to Athyridoidea	stated with evidence	Musteikis and Modzalevskaya, 2002
Meristellidae	family	belongs to Meristelloidea	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002
Meristellidae	family	belongs to Athyridoidea	stated without evidence	Boucot et al., 2008
Meristellidae	family	belongs to Meristelloidea	stated with evidence	Hints and Harper, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 453 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

365 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

stationary (based on Athyrididina)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. E. Popov, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. F. Nikitin. 2002. Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58(1):13-79

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hindellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Hyattidininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Meristellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		842	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Whitfieldellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		244	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	423 Ma Silurian
Charionella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Cryptothyrella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hindella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		360	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	423 Ma Silurian
Hyattidina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		68	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	423 Ma Silurian
Kellerella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Koigia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Meristella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		226	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Meristina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		197	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nikolaispira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Plancella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Whitfieldella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		237	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	423 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1883	Meristellidae Waagen
1964	Meristellidae Boucot and Johnson p. 8
1974	Meristellidae Bassett and Cocks
1976	Meristellidae Isaacson et al. p. 1110
1977	Meristellidae Mitchell
1997	Meristellidae Jin and Chatterton

Year	Name and Author
2002	Meristellidae Musteikis and Modzalevskaya
2002	Meristellidae Popov et al.
2002	Meristellidae Williams et al. p. 1559
2008	Meristellidae Boucot et al.
2015	Meristellidae Hints and Harper

References

Popov L. E., Cocks L. R. M., et al (2002) Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58 1, 13-79

Boucot A. J., Johnson J. G. (1964) Brachiopods of the Ede Quartzite (Lower Llandovery) of Norderon, Jamtland, Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala 42 9, 1-11

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

Isaacson P. E., Antelo B., et al (1976) Implications of a Llandovery (Early Silurian) brachiopod fauna from Salta Province, Argentina, Journal of Paleontology 50 6, 1103-1112

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

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

Musteikis P., Modzalevskaya T. L. (2002) Some Silurian Brachiopods from Lithuania and their Palaeobiogeographical significance, Palaeontology 45 3, 595-626

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Hints L., Harper D. A. T. (2015) The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2, 395-420 doi:10.4202/app.2013.0010

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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