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Ambocoeliidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3252242	https://www.gbif.org/species/3252242
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	111678	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=111678

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae

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	Spiriferida	Waagen 1883
suborder	Spiriferidina	Waagen 1883
superfamily	Ambocoelioidea	George 1931
family	Ambocoeliidae	George 1931

Scientific Name

Ambocoeliidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ambocoeliidae	family	belongs to Delthyridacea	stated without evidence	George, 1931
Ambocoeliidae	family	belongs to Cyrtiacea	stated without evidence	Brunton and Champion, 1974
Ambocoeliidae	family	belongs to Spiriferacea	stated without evidence	Savage et al., 1978
Ambocoeliidae	family	belongs to Cyrtioidea	stated without evidence	Savage and Baxter, 1995
Ambocoeliidae	family	belongs to Ambocoelioidea	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2006
Ambocoeliidae	family	belongs to Ambocoelioidea	stated without evidence	Boucot et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

121

First Recorded Appearance

441 - 439 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Ambocoelioidea)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Ambocoelioidea)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. N. George. 1931. Ambocoelia Hall and certain similar British Spiriferidae. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 87:30-62

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ambocoeliinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2,049	441 Ma Silurian	252 Ma Permian
Rhynchospiriferinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		261	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Alkhovikovia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Ambocoelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		470	427 Ma Silurian	279 Ma Permian
Ambothyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Attenuatella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		79	304 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Biconvexiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	296 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Choperella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Cruricella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Crurispina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Crurithyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		888	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	252 Ma Permian
Cyrtinoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Echinocoelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Emanuella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		176	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Kurtothyris ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Ladjia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Litothyris genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Metaplasia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		45	433 Ma Silurian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Ogilviecoelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Orbicoelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		197	315 Ma Carboniferous	252 Ma Permian
Paracrurithyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		129	254 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Plicambocoelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Plicoplasia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		36	441 Ma Silurian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Pustulatia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		80	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Spinoplasia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Tikhyspirifer ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Ambocoelidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoelidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1931	Ambocoeliidae George
1974	Ambocoeliidae Brunton and Champion p. 830
1978	Ambocoeliidae Savage et al. p. 379
1995	Ambocoeliidae Savage and Baxter p. 1041
2006	Ambocoeliidae Williams et al. p. 1733
2008	Ambocoeliidae Boucot et al.

References

George T. N. (1931) Ambocoelia Hall and certain similar British Spiriferidae, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 87, 30-62

Brunton C. H. C., Champion C. (1974) A Lower Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from the Manifold Valley, Staffordshire, Palaeontology 17 4, 811-840

Savage N. M., Eberlein G. D., et al (1978) Upper Devonian brachiopods from the Port Refugio Formation, Suemez Island, southeastern Alaska, Journal of Paleontology 52 2, 370-393

Savage N. M., Baxter M. (1995) Late Devonian (Frasnian) brachiopods from the Wadleigh Limestone, Southeastern Alaska, Journal of Paleontology 69 6, 1029-1046

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

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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