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Derbyia ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3252389	https://www.gbif.org/species/3252389
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27291	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27291

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : Derbyia

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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Orthotetida	Waagen 1884
superfamily	Orthotetoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Derbyiidae	Stehli 1954
genus	Derbyia	Waagen 1884

Scientific Name

Derbyia Waagen, 1884

Name Published In

Pal. Ind., (13) 1 (4), pt. 3, 576

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Derbyia	genus	belongs to Articulata	stated without evidence	Girty, 1915
Derbyia	genus	belongs to Derbyiidae	stated without evidence	Cooper and Grant, 1974
Derbyia	genus	belongs to Derbyiidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Derbyia	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Derbyia	genus	belongs to Derbyiidae	stated without evidence	Shen et al., 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

372 - 347 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 3. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):547-610

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Derbya robusta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	323 Ma Carboniferous	306 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia (Plicatoderbyia) aemula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Derbyia achengensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia acutangula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		45	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia acutiplicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Derbyia aemula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Derbyia altestriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia ambigua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Derbyia arellanoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia arizonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Derbyia auriplexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Derbyia baroghilensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Derbyia bella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia bilobata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Derbyia bonita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Derbyia buchi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	299 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia buriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	269 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Derbyia carteri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	304 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia cincinnata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		36	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Derbyia complicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Derbyia costatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Derbyia crassa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		158	318 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Derbyia crenulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		42	290 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia cymbula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	303 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia daliangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia deltauriculata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Derbyia dirata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia diversa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	296 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia dorsosulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	296 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia duomaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Derbyia dupliciseptata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Derbyia elevata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia elongata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia expansa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Derbyia exserta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Derbyia filosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	279 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Derbyia gigantea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Derbyia grandis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		70	296 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia guidingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia hardmani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Derbyia haroubi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Derbyia hemisphaerica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		51	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia hooserensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	303 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia informis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Derbyia jacksboroensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Derbyia laqueata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		58	290 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Derbyia lotanggangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia metzi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Derbyia mongolica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia multicostellatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Derbyia mutabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia nasuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	296 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Derbyia netschajewi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Derbyia nigpi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia nipponica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Derbyia otoeis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia pannucia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia pannuciella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia pararegularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia parasitica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Derbyia plicatella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia postplicatella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia profunda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	304 Ma Carboniferous	272 Ma Permian
Derbyia regis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Derbyia regularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	296 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Derbyia rudicula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Derbyia sakamotozawensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Derbyia schellwieni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	290 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia scitula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia scobina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Derbyia senbaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Derbyia simplicis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia speciosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Derbyia striolata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia strophomenoidea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia subaurita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia subsinuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia sulca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		46	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Derbyia sulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Derbyia sultanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Derbyia texta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Derbyia vercherei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Derbyia waageni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia wabaunseensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	304 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Derbyia yeerqiangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Derbyia yongjiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Derbyia yukisawensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Orthis robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudoderbyia netschajewi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Plicatoderbyia	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : *Plicatoderbyia*
Derbya Waagen, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : *Derbya*
Grabauellina Licharev, 1934	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : *Grabauellina*
Derbya Oehlert, 1887	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : *Derbya*
Derbyaeconcha Licharev, 1934	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : *Derbyaeconcha*
Derbyina Grabau, 1931	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : *Derbyina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1884	Derbyia Waagen p. 591 figs. 1-2, 4, Pl. 53
1915	Derbya Girty p. 54
1934	Pseudoderbyia Likharev p. 211
1944	Derbyia (Plicatoderbyia) Reed p. 31
1974	Derbyia Cooper and Grant p. 289
1974	Wardakia Termier et al. p. 94
1983	Paraderbyia Sun p. 120

Year	Name and Author
2000	Derbyia Williams et al. p. 657
2002	Derbyia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Paraderbyia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Plicatoderbyia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pseudoderbyia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Wardakia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Derbyia Shen et al. p. 60

References

Waagen W. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 3, Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1 4, 547-610

Girty G. H. (1915) The fauna of the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 544, 1-353

Likharev B. K. (1934) Nekotorykh novykh rodakh Verkhnepaleozoyskikh brakhiopod [On some new genera of upper Palaeozoic Brachiopoda], Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1 4, 210-213

Reed F. R. C. (1944) Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range, Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23 2, 1-596

Cooper G. A., Grant R. E. (1974) Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15, 233-793

Termier G., Termier H., et al (1974) Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central), Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2, 1-165

Sun T. (1983) Early Permian new genera and species of brachiopod fauna in Rutog Duoma area, Xizang (Tibet), China, Earth Science - Journal of Wuhan College of Geology 19 1, 119-128

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Shen S.-Z., Shi G. R., et al (2003) Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopods from the Qubuerga Formation at the Qubu section in the Mt. Qomolangma region, southern Tibet (Xizang), China, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 268 1-3, 49-101

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

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Pal. Ind., (13) 1 (4), pt. 3, 576 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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