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Dimerellidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3252068https://www.gbif.org/species/3252068
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)80690https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=80690
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Dimerellidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyDimerelloideaBuckman 1918
familyDimerellidaeBuckman 1917
Scientific NameDimerellidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dimerellidaefamilybelongs to Dimerelloideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Dimerellidaefamilybelongs to Rhynchonellaceastated without evidenceAtrops and Alméras, 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)14
First Recorded Appearance347 - 331 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilitystationary (based on Rhynchonellida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dimerellinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Rhynchonellininae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)19347 Ma
Carboniferous
170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Dimerella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Ibergirhynchia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1347 Ma
Carboniferous
347 Ma
Carboniferous
Rhynchonellina
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
14260 Ma
Permian
170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Sulcirostra
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
199 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1917Dimerellidae Buckman p. 72
2002Dimerellidae Williams et al. p. 1236
2005Dimerellidae Atrops and Alméras p. 577

References

Buckman S. S. (1917) The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma, Palaeontologia Indica 3 2, 1-254
Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
Atrops F., Alméras Y. (2005) Les Brachiopodes du Callovien de l'Ouarsenis (Tell algérien): paléontologie, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnements, Revue de Paléobiologie 24 2, 563-595
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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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