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Pinegathyris ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4574069	https://www.gbif.org/species/4574069
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29520	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29520

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Pinegathyris

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	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Athyrididina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Athyridoidea	McCoy 1844
family	Athyrididae	McCoy 1841
subfamily	Cleiothyrididinae	Alvarez et al. 1998
genus	Pinegathyris	Grunt 1980

Scientific Name

Pinegathyris Grunt, 1980

Name Published In

Trudy paleont. Inst. 182

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pinegathyris	genus	belongs to Cleiothyrididinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002
Pinegathyris	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary (based on Athyrididina)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. A. Grunt. 1980. Athrididi Russkoi Platformi. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 182:1-164

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pinegathyris alata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pinegathyris kotlukovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	290 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pinegathyris royssiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	27	299 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Pinegathyris shegmasensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pinegathyris stuckenbergi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1980	Pinegathyris Grunt p. 88
2002	Pinegathyris Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pinegathyris Williams et al. p. 1510

References

Grunt T. A. (1980) Athrididi Russkoi Platformi, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 182, 1-164

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

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

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

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

Trudy paleont. Inst. 182 - 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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