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Beyrichia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3255053	https://www.gbif.org/species/3255053
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	23018	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=23018

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Beyrichiidae : Beyrichia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Ostracoda	Latreille 1802
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Palaeocopida	Henningsmoen 1953
suborder	Beyrichicopina	Scott 1961
superfamily	Beyrichioidea	Matthew 1886
family	Beyrichiidae	Jones 1894
genus	Beyrichia	McCoy 1846

Scientific Name

Beyrichia McCoy, 1846

Name Published In

Synopsis Silurian fossils of Ireland ..., Dublin: 57

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Beyrichia	genus	belongs to Beyrichiidae	stated without evidence	Benson et al., 1961
Beyrichia	genus	belongs to Palaeocopida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

Environment

hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ostracoda)

Vision

limited (based on Ostracoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Palaeocopida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Beyrichia antiquata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia atlantica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia bella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia bicuspis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia brabbi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia chambersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia churkini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia comma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia costata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Beyrichia dagon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia equilatera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia fittsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia globifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia granulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia granulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia hamiltonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia hartnageli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia impar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia impendens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia infecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia initialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia kirki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia kloedeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia lakemontensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia lata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia lata-triplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia lithofactor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia lyoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia mesleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia moodeyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia muldensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia normalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia nuda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia oculifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia pauperata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia pennsylvanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia primaeva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia pustulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia radiata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia reussi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia siliqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia simulatrix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia siveteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia strictisulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia subtorosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia suurikuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia symmetrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia tagalaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia tonolowayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia triceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia tricollina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia tuberculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia tumida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia ultima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia valguensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia venusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia veronica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia verruculosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beyrichia waldronensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1846	Beyrichia M'Coy
1961	Beyrichia Benson et al.
2002	Beyrichia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Benson R. H., Berdan J. M., et al (1961) Part Q, Arthropoda: Crustacea: Ostracoda, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Q 3, 1-432

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1196 Beyrichia M'coy, 1846 (Crustacea: Ostracoda): designation of type species and of neotype for that species.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38, 266-269 (1981) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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

in Griffith, Syn. Silurian Foss. Ireland - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkowski (2002) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

M'Coy, F. (1846). A synopsis of the Silurian fossils of Ireland, collected from the several districts by Richard Griffith,F.G.S., the whole being named and the new species drawn and described by Fredrick M'Coy,F.G.S.D. Dublin. Dublin. 1-68. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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