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Ancistrorhynchidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3252106https://www.gbif.org/species/3252106
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)125912https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125912
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Ancistrorhynchidae
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
superfamilyAncistrorhynchoideaCooper 1956
familyAncistrorhynchidaeCooper 1956
Scientific NameAncistrorhynchidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ancistrorhynchidaefamilybelongs to Rhynchonellaceastated with evidenceMitchell, 1977
Ancistrorhynchidaefamilybelongs to Ancistrorhynchoideastated without evidencePopov et al., 2000
Ancistrorhynchidaefamilybelongs to Ancistrorhynchoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)11
First Recorded Appearance461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance445 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitystationary (based on Rhynchonellida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and S. J. Carlson, F. Alvarez, R. B. Blodgett, A. J. Boucot, P. Copper, A. S. Dagys, R. E. Grant, Y.-G. Jin, D. I. MacKinnon, M. O. Mancenido, E. F. Owen, J.-Y. Rong, N. M. Savage, D.-L. Sun. 2002. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ancistrorhyncha
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
30461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Baranovus
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Drepanorhyncha
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Kholbotchonia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Nikolaevirhynchus
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Tyryrhynchus
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1956Ancistrorhynchidae Cooper
1977Ancistrorhynchidae Mitchell
2000Ancistrorhynchidae Popov et al.
2002Ancistrorhynchidae Williams et al. p. 1041

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138
Popov L. E., Nitikin I. F., et al (2000) Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Otar Member of the Chu-Ili Range, south Kazakhstan, Palaeontology 43 5, 833-870
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
The Paleobiology Database (2010 version). - 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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