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Thecospira ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4577894	https://www.gbif.org/species/4577894
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	30685	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30685

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Thecideida : Thecospiridae : Thecospira

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	Thecideida	Pajaud 1970
superfamily	Thecospiroidea	Bittner 1890
family	Thecospiridae	Bittner 1890
genus	Thecospira	Zugmayer 1880

Scientific Name

Thecospira Zugmayer, 1880

Name Published In

Jahrb. Geol. ReichsAnst. Wien, 30

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Thecospira	genus	belongs to Thecideida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Thecospira	genus	belongs to Thecospiridae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 232 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Thecideida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Thecideida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. Zugmayer. 1882. Untersuchungen über rhätische Brachiopoden. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 1:1-42

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Thecospira arenosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thecospira davidsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thecospira granulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Thecospira guembeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	237 Ma Middle Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Thecospira haidingeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	237 Ma Middle Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Thecospira porrecta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Thecospira semseyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Thecospira sinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Thecospira sturzenbaumi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Thecospira tenuistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Thecospira textilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Thecospira tirolensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	237 Ma Middle Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Thecospiropsis arenosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Thecospira Zugmayer p. 22
1974	Thecospiropsis Dagys p. 75
2002	Thecospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Thecospiropsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Thecospira Williams et al. p. 1944

References

Zugmayer H. Untersuchungen über rhätische Brachiopoden, Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 1, 1-42

Dagys A. S. (1974) , Triassic Brachiopods (Morphology, Classification, Phylogeny, Stratigraphical Significance and Biogeography), 1-387

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 (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320

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

Jahrb. Geol. ReichsAnst. Wien, 30 - 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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