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Retziidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3252312https://www.gbif.org/species/3252312
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)123887https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=123887
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Retziidae
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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderRetziidinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyRetzioideaWaagen 1883
familyRetziidaeWaagen 1883
Scientific NameRetziidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Retziidaefamilybelongs to Retziaceastated without evidenceBrunton and Champion, 1974
Retziidaefamilybelongs to Retzioideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)15
First Recorded Appearance427 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Retziidina)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Retziidina)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. H. C. Brunton and C. Champion. 1974. A Lower Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from the Manifold Valley, Staffordshire. Palaeontology 17(4):811-840

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acambona
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Eumetria
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
202388 Ma
Middle Devonian
318 Ma
Carboniferous
Plectospira
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
35426 Ma
Silurian
345 Ma
Carboniferous
Retzia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
44427 Ma
Silurian
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1883Retziidae Waagen
1974Retziidae Brunton and Champion p. 825
2002Retziidae Williams et al. p. 1587

References

Brunton C. H. C., Champion C. (1974) A Lower Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from the Manifold Valley, Staffordshire, Palaeontology 17 4, 811-840
Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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